Afternoon update, and commentary

It appears that not too much has changed in the evening hours in Japan, and as I write this at 3:15 in the afternoon here in the Eastern tim...

New JAIF file, not much to report

The only item of interest on the latest 10:00 AM Friday local time JAIF Fukushima Daiichi plant status chart is the degradation of the statu...

7 AM Local time (Tokyo) plant view

Here is another one of our annotated photos (this time, in black -- looks easier to see on this washy long range shot) that's actually a...

Update / SITREP 2:00 PM Thursday 3/17

New file out, time stamped 22:00 the 17th from the JAIF... 2200 3/17 JAIF STATUS FILE For our readers' information we ARE archiving thes...

Fukushima Daiichi: About to spray storage pools

A helicopter has just dumped water on NO. 3 reactor plant at Fukushima Daiichi. DEVELOPING 9:48 AM LOCAL 8:48 PM Eastern US updates follo...

Further US assistance at Fukushima Daiichi

Seeing a report that the US will use an unmanned drone aircraft to fly over the Fukushima Daiichi site and photograph the units apparently n...

Water cannon, and vehicles

There is a wire report right now saying that police are considering the use of a water cannon (truck) to provide cooling water to Fukushima ...

Press conference photo from yesterday

I have a snap of a photo shown on nationwide Japanese television yesterday during a press conference. We can see remains of the upper portio...

Fukushima Daiichi plant status chart

Plant status chart from official sources. This chart was prepared obviously before whatever casualty is occurring at No. 3 plant right now....

BREAKING: Fukushima Daiichi No. 4

Fire again breaks out on refueling floor, upper level of Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 reactor, probably involving spent fuel, hydrogen gas. Break...

Fuel storage: Daiichi No. 4

We begin with the seemingly serious news that rad levels around the fuel storage pool in the reactor building of No. 4 plant are so high tha...

Fukushima Daiichi Plant Overview

Now that all six plants at the Fukushima Daiichi site have been mentioned in some way or another in news items both here on this blog and el...

Hydrogen burn INSIDE the primary?

There has been a theory floated that the explosion at Daiichi No. 2 which was heard to have occurred in or around the suppression pool may a...

Fukushima Daiichi No. 2

Japanese television has given an integrated time of total fuel exposure of roughly six hours.. We wonder if that's fully accurate; it ...

Fukushima Daiichi: Tuesday Morning (EST) Sitrep

Further details on Fukushima Daiichi nuclear generating station... Details not mentioned are unchanged and should not be considered improve...

FACTS: Radioactive Half Life, Fallout

-Citizens outside the 20 km radius from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station, but inside 30 km have been ordered to take shelter indoors and es...

Fukushima Daiichi winds

Near Fukushima Daiichi.... Winds at about 1000 m altitude are about 11 km/h West. This is about directly onshore; this must be a contribu...

Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 update

Two news services in Tokyo reporting the fire out at Daiichi No. 4 at 12:04 local time on the 15th which was about 20 minutes ago.

FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI SITREP

The situation at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is about a hair's breadth from being an assured Class 9 Reactor Accident. Let...

HIGH RAD LEVELS

Readings of 400 millisieverts, or 40 REM per hour are being reported around the area of No. 3 plant. This might be coming from No. 2 plant....