JAIF has reported the Status of Unit-2 of Fukushima #1 Nuclear Power Station – 21:00, March 14, 2011 (08:00:00 a.m. Monday March 14 Eastern Time) 16:25 Local TimeAll core coolability has been lost at Unit-2 […]
JAIF is reporting 15 microSv/hr (micro Sieverts per hour) at the Fukushima Daiichi NPS border. To give you some idea of what that means, the US Center for Disease Control has published the radiation dose […]
JAIF has updated its Fukushima reactor status spreadsheet as of 20:30 JST (07:30:00 am Monday March 14 Eastern Time). It reportes the integrity of the fuel rods in Unit 2 as unknown. It also reports […]
WNN has just reported on the loss of coolant at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2. It reports that serious damage to the reactor core of Fukushima Daiichi 2 seems likely after all coolant was lost for […]
According to WNN, Unit 3 cold shutdown appears to have gone exactly as expected, with no systems damaged. The reactor went from power production to cold shutdown – where coolant water is at less than […]
IAEA has reported that Japanese authorities have reported that Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 has experienced decreasing coolant levels in the reactor core. Officials have begun to inject sea water into the reactor to maintain cooling […]
Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) has published a status spreadsheet describing the status of all the reactors at Daiichi and Daini as of 12:30 March 14 (23:30:00 Sunday March 13 Eastern Time). Apparently this is […]
Since my last post on Unit 2, Beyond Nuclear has received a translated report that Unit 2 has now lost all cooling to its reactor core. According to NISA, all mechanisms to cool the reactor […]