A recent article by Frank Von Hippel, a nuclear physicist at Princeton, is illuminating because it explains some of the problems that led to the incident at Fukushima Daiichi and suggests that some of the […]
According to NHK, Tohoku Electric, which is based in Sendai and is the fourth-largest electric utility in Japan by revenue, plans to increase its defense in depth at its nuclear plants. Specifically it intends to […]
MEXT reports radiation readings from areas 20 km or more from the Fukushima Daiichi plant The highest readings are reported at Monitoring station [83] 20 km northwest of the plant 87.0 μSv/h 2011/3/27 […]
The radiation level at the plant west reported by JAIF 132.5μSv/h at the West gate at 16:00, Mar. 27 (03:00 am Sunday March 27) Some previous radiation levels measured at the West Gate ( 1.1 […]
27 March 2011, 13:30 UTC The IAEA reports that the situation at Fukushima Daiichi remains very serious. Off-site power Lighting is now available in the central control rooms of Units 1, 2 and 3. Fresh […]
25 March 2011, 05.15 UTC IAEA has issued the latest update on the current situation at Fukushima Daiichi. Unit 1 Lighting in the Unit’s main control room has been restored as of 24 March. Pressure […]
Friday, March 25, 2011 18:54 JST (05:54 am Friday March 25 ET) According to NHK, NISA suspects that the Unit 3 reactor containment is leaking radioactive material. Unit 3 is different from the other reactors […]
23 March, 20:00 UTC the IAEA reported the following updates on the status of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The lights are working in Unit 3’s main control room. Wednesday black smoke was seen at […]