A short video taken about one km from the plant by a worker has been released by TEPCO. It shows what is now said to be at least 14 to 15 m high tsunami hitting the plant […]
I blogged earlier about what Tohoku Electric and other utilities operating nuclear power plants are doing to prepare for earthquake and tsunami emergencies such as were experienced at Fukushima Daini and Daiichi. TEPCO has released […]
WNN has reported the casualties at the Fukushima nuclear plants or that can be ascribed to the events at Fukushima Daiichi and Daini. Three TEPCO workers have died at the plants, one at Daini and […]
A magnitude 9 earthquake near Sendai occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday, March 11. The subsequent tsunami hit Fukushima Prefecture about an hour later. There has been very little information about what happened at Daini and Daiichi in […]
Lawrence Livermore National Lab has published a beautifully simple, but comprehensive graphic showing energy sources, uses and end user efficiency. Some interesting information gleaned from this diagram about energy use in the US in 2009, […]
JAIF has reported recent radiation dosage measurements at the plant perimeter as of 15:00, Apr. 7th (02:00 am Thursday April 7 ET). 0.67 mSv/h (670 μSv/h) at the south side of the office building 108 μSv/h at the […]
NISA has reported that the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan Thursday, resulted in losing power on 2 of the 3 off-site power lines to the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is using the remaining off-site […]
7 April 2011 15:32 GMT The BBC has reported that a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has occurred off the east coast of Honshu, 118 km north of Fukushima, 40 km offshore. A tsunami with a wave height of 2m […]