MEXT publishes radiation readings for all prefectures, except Miyagi and Fukushima, by hour as well as readings from monitoring posts 20 km or more away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The highest readings […]
On , March 18, 2011 20:01 JST (07:01:00 Friday March 18 ET) NHK reports that the Japanese government raised its rating of the problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to Level 5 on the […]
Report of the press briefing of 10:55, March 18, 2011 (09:55:00 p.m. Thursday March 17 ET)The Chief Cabinet Secretary report of the status of Fukushima Daiichi power station Operation for filling the spent fuel pool […]
On Friday, March 18, 2011 13:13 JST (00:13:00 Friday March 18 ET) NHK reported that at a news conference Friday morning TEPCO said it hopes to restore off-site power to Units 1 and 2 by […]
On Friday, March 18, 2011 17:10 JST (04:10 am Friday March 18 ET), NHK reports that on Friday afternoon, six military fire engines sequentially sprayed water at Unit 3 for roughly 40 minutes. TEPCO said […]
The latest JAIF report as of 16:00 March 18 (03:00 am Friday March 18 ET) Units 1,2,3 Reactor Vessels “Fuel exposed” [ In past this was reported as “half exposed” at units 1,3. This sounds […]
As of 18 March 2011, 06:10 UTC (02:10 am Friday March 18 ET), the IAEA says that a typical spent fuel pool temperature is kept below 25 °C under normal operating conditions. The temperature of […]
Friday, March 18, 2011 11:24 (10:24 p.m. Thursday March 17 ET) NHK reports that NISA says that radiation levels are lower at Fukushima west gate at 7:30 AM JST 271 μSv/hr at 7:30 AM […]