WNN has explained that the suppression pool or torus, which has been reported damaged at Unit 2, in Mark 1 reactors like the one at Fukushima Daiichi, sits in the centre of the reactor building […]
The Telegraph says that TEPCO has confirmed that there was an explosion between 6:00 am (2100 GMT Monday, 5 pm EDT) and 6:15 am at the Unit 2 reactor of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. […]
According to Bloomberg, TEPCO has confirmed a third explosion today at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. The company is evacuating workers after the blast at the Unit 2 reactor, and will continue to pump water […]
There are reports of a third explosion at 2110 GMT (5:10 pm Eastern Time), this time at Unit 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
At 5:30 EDT, the NEI said that TEPCO reported at 3:00 p.m. EDT that work had resumed to pump seawater into Fukushima Daiichi 2 to maintain safe cooling water levels after the utility was able […]
It has been reported at 8:00 pm GMT (04:00:00 p.m. Monday March 14 Eastern Time) that the Japanese government asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to send in experts to help with their battle to […]
An update from NEI at 1:30 P.M. EDT, MONDAY, MARCH 14 reports that Unit 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant lost a significant amount of reactor coolant for a second time on Monday. […]
The Harvard Seismology Group has used USArray Transportable Array data to image the rupture properties of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-Chiho Taiheiyo-Oki earthquake. The results suggest that the Sanriku-Oki earthquake on March 9, 2011 is […]