At 8 am Mar 16 JST (07:00:00 p.m. Tuesday March 15 ET) JAIF has issued a status update on the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. Pressure in Units 1 and 3 is reported stable. Pressure in Unit […]
NHK has reported increasing damage to fuel rods at Reactor Units 1 and 2. Sea water is being pumped into the reactors to cool them down, but in both reactor cores, the coolant levels are […]
According to NHK, NISA has reported that the coolant level in the Unit 5 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant “had fallen.” Apparently at the time of the earthquake, fuel rods has already […]
According to WNN, a second fire has been reported at Unit 4. NISA said that a fire was detected in the reactor building of Unit 4 at 5.45am JST March 16 (04:45:00 p.m. Tuesday March […]
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japanese Ambassador to International Organizations has requested the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send an assessment team to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Kyodo news reported Wednesday. […]
Imagery taken before and currently of different parts of Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami including Fukushima Daiichi and other nuclear power plants are on-line from the New York Times. Thanks to Ray Hawat […]
One of the things I have blogged about frequently is convergence or breaking down the barriers between technologies. Convergence makes it possible to take a much more holistic view of the world, and enables different […]
WNN reports that according to the IAEA radiation levels between Units 3 and 4 have been dropping. Japanese authorities told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that radiation levels at the plant site between Units […]