The Wall Street Journal is publishing online graphics showing the current status of all six reactors at Fukushima Daiichi. Units 1-4 are now connected to off-site power. TEPCO is checking whether pumps, temperature and water level […]
March 23, 2011 02:01 JST (01:01 p.m. Tuesday March 22 ET) NHK reports that TEPCO says that off-site power has been restored to the control room of Unit 3. Lights are now working in the control […]
Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:39am EDT, according to Reuters power has been restored to all six reactor buildings and TEPCO has managed to get a pump at one of them operating. But the situation […]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 18:13 JST (05:13 am Tuesday March 22 ET) NHK reported that TEPCO has found abnormally high levels of radioactive substances in seawater as far as 16 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi […]
March 21 15:30 UTC the IAEA reported that the overall situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is improving but remains very serious. High levels of contamination have been measured in the locality of […]
It appears that most if not all Japanese nuclear power plants are on the coast, presumably to take advantage of the sea for cooling. About an hour after the earthquake March 11 (sequence of events), […]
The latest readings posted by MEXT for monitoring post 32, 30 km northwest of Fukushima Daiichi 105.0 μSv/h at 2011/3/20 15:03 (02:03 am Sunday March 20 ET) 110.0 μSv/h at 2011/3/20 14:03 (01:03 am Sunday […]
Status update from IAEA March 20 Unit 1 Coolant within Unit 1 is covering about half of the fuel rods in the reactor, and Japanese authorities believe the core has been damaged. There are no […]