April 11, 2011

Apr 11, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

A new earthquake stuck central Japan last night, epicentered about 150 km. north of Tokyo, with a 6.6 rating on the Richter scale. This resulted in losing external power to Fukushima Daiichi for about 50 minutes before it was restored. As a result, cooling water flows...

April 10, 2011

Apr 10, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Today’s updates… Unit 1 reactor temperatures and pressures has risen slightly since yesterday, but not enough to cause alarm. Unit 2 & 3 reactor pressures and temperatures have continued to slowly drop. The two temperature readings on Unit 3 are 97 C...

April 9, 2011

Apr 9, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

The Japanese Foreign Ministry has added to the previous official reprimands directed toward western news media sources. Asahi Shimbun reports “The Foreign Ministry on Thursday blasted the foreign media for ‘excessive’ reportage on the crisis at the...

April 7, 2011

Apr 7, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

TEPCO is now injecting Nitrogen into the primary containment of Unit #1. They say this is a preventative measure in case considerable water radiolysis (by gamma radiation) has occurred which would separate water into its two separate elements, hydrogen and oxygen. In...

April 6, 2011

Apr 6, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

There have been but a few new developments since yesterday in the technological and radiological conditions relative to Fukushima. However, the Hiroshima Syndrome effect has amplified considerably. First, we go to Fukushima… The use of a silicate coagulant,...

April 5, 2011

Apr 5, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Technical/Physical update – IAEA reports temperatures inside reactors 1, 2 & 3 (RPVs) continue to decrease. Still no word on how the decay heat is being removed from the water circulating through the reactors. JAIF data shows that pressures inside RPVs 2...

April 4, 2011

Apr 4, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Not much has changed since yesterday with respect to the work going on at Fukushima. The transfer of water from turbine condensers to other tanks inside the four power plants continues. This would be a much faster operation if the installed pumps on each unit could be...

April 3, 2011

Apr 3, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

It is with great sadness and disappointment that I bring you the first item of today’s update. TEPCO reports to Asahi Shimbun that Friday’s “campaigner” invasion of Fukushima Daini was but one of a number of instances of harassment of TEPCO employees and...

April 2, 2011

Apr 2, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Before today’s relatively brief list of updates, there seems to be some confusing information on both the Japanese Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) and International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) charts for the status of the three Fukushima Daiichi Units that...

April 1, 2011

Apr 1, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Before today’s update, I want to address something that’s becoming an issue with all those trying to present a rational alternative to the irresponsible reporting common to western news media. I call it informational fatigue. I spent more than 5 years...
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