Toshiba mobilises Japan earthquake support team

24 March 2011


Responding to requests from the Japanese government and electric utilities, Toshiba Group says it is making efforts to help maintain the integrity of the nuclear power plants and to restore the power supply in affected regions at the earliest possible date, working in close collaboration with other companies and organisationses.

Immediately after the earthquake, Toshiba formed a task force which now comprises some 700 engineers at the company’s Tokyo headquarters, at its Isogo Nuclear Engineering Center in Yokohama and at other facilities, in order to address the incidents at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants. This team is now gathering and analysing information 24/7 and attempting to develop solutions.

After requests from the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima power plants, Toshiba has already dispatched more than 100 engineers to Fukushima Daiichi and the nearby Fukushima Daini power plants. Toshiba will reinforce these resources as required.

Toshiba has received offers of support from The Babcock & Wilcox Company and The Shaw Group, Toshiba’s ABWR plant partner and expert in nuclear, environmental and natural disaster response services.




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