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 […]
According to the BBC, there has been an explosion at a Fukushima nuclear power plant. Smoke was seen coming from the plant at Fukushima and several workers were injured. Videos of the explosion can be […]
TEPCO Press Release (Mar 12,2011)Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station as of 1PM March 12th (11:00:00 p.m. Friday March 11 Eastern Time) Unit 1 (shut down at 2:48PM on March 11th) – At 5:22AM, […]
TEPCO Press Release (Mar 12,2011)Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as of 1PM March 12th (11:00:00 p.m. Friday March 11 Eastern Time) All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been […]