March 12 TEPCO reported that the cooling system for reactors 1, 2 and 4 at the plant had exceeded 100 °C and that the “pressure suppression function was lost”. Tepco has announced it was preparing […]
TEPCO has reported at 06:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 12, Eastern Time Below is major impact to TEPCO’s facilities due to the Miyagiken-Oki *new items are underlined [Nuclear Power Station]Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Units 1 to […]
TEPCO has reported at 06:00:00 p.m. Saturday March 12, Eastern Time Below is major impact to TEPCO’s facilities due to the Miyagiken-Oki *new items are underlined [Nuclear Power Station]Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Units 1 to […]
At 3:10 pm Eastern Time Japanese authorities informed the IAEA that the explosion at Unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant occurred outside the primary containment vessel, not inside. The plant operator, Tokyo Electric […]
According to Beyond Nuclear, The explosion at Fukushima destroyed the cladding of the upper third of the reactor building. The photos I’ve seen show the remaining steel structure for the weather cover that was over […]
IAEA Director General’s update on Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 status.
According to the IAEA, the Japanese government has extended the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where an explosion has occurred, to a 20-kilometre radius. At the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, […]
Nuclear reactor 1 at Fukushima Daiichi is surrounded by a steel reactor container, which is then surrounded by a concrete building. Due to the falling level of cooling water, hydrogen was generated and that leaked […]