On , March 18, 2011 20:01 JST (07:01:00 Friday March 18 ET) NHK reports that the Japanese government raised its rating of the problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to Level 5 on the […]
Report of the press briefing of 10:55, March 18, 2011 (09:55:00 p.m. Thursday March 17 ET)The Chief Cabinet Secretary report of the status of Fukushima Daiichi power station Operation for filling the spent fuel pool […]
On Friday, March 18, 2011 13:13 JST (00:13:00 Friday March 18 ET) NHK reported that at a news conference Friday morning TEPCO said it hopes to restore off-site power to Units 1 and 2 by […]
On Friday, March 18, 2011 17:10 JST (04:10 am Friday March 18 ET), NHK reports that on Friday afternoon, six military fire engines sequentially sprayed water at Unit 3 for roughly 40 minutes. TEPCO said […]
The latest JAIF report as of 16:00 March 18 (03:00 am Friday March 18 ET) Units 1,2,3 Reactor Vessels “Fuel exposed” [ In past this was reported as “half exposed” at units 1,3. This sounds […]
As of 18 March 2011, 06:10 UTC (02:10 am Friday March 18 ET), the IAEA says that a typical spent fuel pool temperature is kept below 25 °C under normal operating conditions. The temperature of […]
Friday, March 18, 2011 11:24 (10:24 p.m. Thursday March 17 ET) NHK reports that NISA says that radiation levels are lower at Fukushima west gate at 7:30 AM JST 271 μSv/hr at 7:30 AM […]
In the latest report from JAIF at 10:00 March 18 JST (09:00:00 p.m. Thursday March 17 ET), it is reported that TEPCO is attempting to connect Unit 2 to off-site power. “TEPCO is laying a […]