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 […]
At 17 March 2011, 16:55 UTC (12:55:00 Thursday March 17 ET) IAEA confirmed that Japanese authorities have reported that engineers have begun to lay an external grid power line cable to Unit 2. The operation […]
A reader asked some interesting questions I have been following the news about the Daiichi reactors, and the main stream reporting has been poor. Each time I read an update…it raises more questions that I […]
NHK reports that the radiation measurement at the plant gate are decreasing 289 μSv/hr at 11pm Mar 17 (10:00:00 a.m. Thursday March 17 ET) 292 μSv/hr at 8:40pm Mar 17 (07:40:00 a.m. Thursday […]