Wednesday, March 16, 2011 17:58 JST (04:58:00 a.m. Wednesday March 16 ET). NHK reported that Japan’s science ministry has observed radiation levels of up to 0.33 millisieverts per hour in areas about 20 kilometers northwest […]
It has been suspected for some time that the explosion at Unit 2 may have damaged the containment vessel. According to NHK, NISA says a possible radiation leak from the Number Two reactor may have […]
According to NHK, a spike in radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi main gate was reported at Wednesday 10 AM JST, (09:00:00 p.m. Tuesday March 15 ET). Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters on Wednesday […]
JAIF Report on status of Fukushima Daiichi as of 12:30 March 16 (11:30:00 p.m. Tuesday March 15 ET) Unit 3 White smoke was seen rising from the vicinity of Unit-3 at around 8:30, Mar. 16. […]
As I suggested in a previous blog, it appears that most of the problems at Fukushima Daiichi can be traced to no off-site power. As another example, NISA has reported that a computer system designed […]
JAIF has issued Earthquake Report 9 (Report by the Chief Cabinet Secretary) Status of Fukushima #1 power station as of 11:40, March 16, 2011 (10:40:00 p.m. Tuesday March 15 ET)The chief cabinet secretary reported the […]
NHK reports that TEPCO has released a photograph of the Unit 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where fires were reported on Tuesday and Wednesday. It shows that a large portion […]
At 11 am Mar 16 JST (10:00:00 p.m. Tuesday March 15 ET) JAIF issued a status update on the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. The difference I noticed from the earlier JAIF report 3 hours ago is […]