March 21 15:30 UTC the IAEA reported that the overall situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is improving but remains very serious. High levels of contamination have been measured in the locality of […]
It appears that most if not all Japanese nuclear power plants are on the coast, presumably to take advantage of the sea for cooling. About an hour after the earthquake March 11 (sequence of events), […]
The latest readings posted by MEXT for monitoring post 32, 30 km northwest of Fukushima Daiichi 105.0 μSv/h at 2011/3/20 15:03 (02:03 am Sunday March 20 ET) 110.0 μSv/h at 2011/3/20 14:03 (01:03 am Sunday […]
Status update from IAEA March 20 Unit 1 Coolant within Unit 1 is covering about half of the fuel rods in the reactor, and Japanese authorities believe the core has been damaged. There are no […]
MEXT has reported radiation readings for all prefectures except Fukushima and Miyagi Ibaraki Prefecture (11:00 am – 8:00 pm Saturday March 19 ET) 0.166 μSv/h Mar 20 0-1 am0.165 μSv/h Mar 20 1-20.164 μSv/h Mar […]
MEXT has reported radiation readings at several location 20 km or more away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. At monitoring post 32, which is 30 km northwest of Fukushima Daiichi 132.0 […]
JAIF has reported radiation measurements within the plant and at the plant perimeter. North of Service Building: 3054.0 μSv/h at 15:00, Mar. 20 (02:00:00 Sunday March 20 ET) For a Canadian nuclear energy worker 17 […]
011:00, March 20 (10:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 19 ET) JAIF says that NHK reported that The Ministry of Defense has measured water surface temperature at the spent fuel pools at each of units 1,2,3 and […]