The cooling problems at Unit 3 are serious enough that, according to the BBC, they are trying to pump sea water through it, as they did with Unit 1. Apparently both plutonium and uranium (MOX) […]
TEPCO reports Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as of 9am March 13th (07:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 12 Eastern Time) Unit 1(Shut down)– We have been injecting sea water and boric acid which […]
March 12 TEPCO reported that the cooling system for reactors 1, 2 and 4 at the plant had exceeded 100 °C and that the “pressure suppression function was lost”. Tepco has announced it was preparing […]
TEPCO has reported at 06:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 12, Eastern Time Below is major impact to TEPCO’s facilities due to the Miyagiken-Oki *new items are underlined [Nuclear Power Station]Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Units 1 to […]
TEPCO has reported at 06:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 12, Eastern Time Below is major impact to TEPCO’s facilities due to the Miyagiken-Oki *new items are underlined [Nuclear Power Station]Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Units 1 to […]
At 3:10 pm Eastern Time Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that the explosion at Unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant occurred outside the primary containment vessel, not inside. The plant operator, Tokyo Electric […]
According to Beyond Nuclear, The explosion at Fukushima destroyed the cladding of the upper third of the reactor building. The photos I’ve seen show the remaining steel structure for the weather cover that was over […]
IAEA Director General’s update on Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 status.