Wednesday, March 30, 2011 15:15 JST (02:15 am Wednesday March 30 ET) NHK reports that NISA says the reason for the low pressure in Units 2 and 3 reactor pressure vessels may be “weakened valves, […]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:23 JST (23:23:00 Tuesday March 29 ET) NHK reports that NISA says that the level of iodine-131 found 330 meters south of a water outlet of the plant was 3,355 times […]
In an earlier report TEPCO had estimated that the tsunami that hit Fukushima Daiichi was at least seven meters high. Later the company increased its estimate to ten meters at the Daiichi plant and 12 […]
The IAEA confirms that contaminated water was found in trenches located close to the turbine buildings of Units 1 to 3. Dose rates at the surface of the water in the trenches at 18:30 UTC on […]
Radiation measurements Saturday March 26 reported by IAEA 330 m east of the discharge points of Units 1 – 4. 74 000 Bq/liter of iodine-131 12 000 Bq/liter of cesium-137 12 000 Bq/liter of cesium-134 […]
Unit 2 WNN confirms that rates of up to 1000 mSv/hr has been detected in a trench for power cables and pipes near Unit 2’s turbine building. The concrete trench is 76 metres long, four metres […]
The IAEA has reported that NISA has confirmed finding traces of plutonium that most likely resulted from the nuclear accident. NISA said that TEPCO had found evidence of plutonium in two of five soil samples. […]
Radiation level at west gate reported by JAIF 120.0μSv/h at 21:30, Mar. 28 (08:30 am Monday March 28 ET) Previous readings 122.8μSv/h at 15:30, Mar. 28 (02:30 am Monday March 28 ET) […]