NHK has reported increasing damage to fuel rods at Reactor Units 1 and 2. Sea water is being pumped into the reactors to cool them down, but in both reactor cores, the coolant levels are […]
According to NHK, NISA has reported that the coolant level in the Unit 5 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant “had fallen.” Apparently at the time of the earthquake, fuel rods has already […]
According to WNN, a second fire has been reported at Unit 4. NISA said that a fire was detected in the reactor building of Unit 4 at 5.45am JST March 16 (04:45:00 p.m. Tuesday March […]
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japanese Ambassador to International Organizations has requested the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send an assessment team to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Kyodo news reported Wednesday. […]
WNN reports that according to the IAEA radiation levels between Units 3 and 4 have been dropping. Japanese authorities told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that radiation levels at the plant site between Units […]
The latest Fukushima Daiichi report from JAIF at 19:00 March 15 JST (06:00:00 am Tuesday March 15 Eastern Time) reports that the water level of the spent fuel pool at Unit 4 is low and […]
At 7:30 am March 15 Eastern Time on NHK government spokesman Edano reported that the radiation measured at the Fukushima Daiichi front gate was 596.4 microsieverts/hour. At this rate it would take 5 hours to […]
At 15 March 07:35 UTC, the IAEA reported that Japanese authorities have confirmed that the fire at the spent fuel storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was extinguished […]