April 15, 2011

Apr 15, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

Conditions in and around the Fukushima Daiichi power complex continue to improve. Reactor water temperatures slowly decrease for Units 2 & 3, and there seems to have been a major drop in #1 reactor water temperature since yesterday of more than 20 degrees C. (Now...

April 14, 2011

Apr 14, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

From on-going Japanese Press reports, it seems TEPCO and NISA believe Unit #2 reactor fuel cell has the most damage, compared to reactors 1 & 3. In fact, they think much of Unit #2’s fuel cell has melted. As a result, this writer has been puzzled for more...

April 13, 2011

Apr 13, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

For nearly a week, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex has been slowly stabilizing. The three sets of reactor pressure vessel temperatures have been decreasing and their internal pressures have been stable and steady, with unit 2 & 3 approaching...

April 12, 2011

Apr 12, 2011 | Fukushima Accident Updates

As I’m sure you all know by now, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) has raised the classification of the Fukushima emergency from 5 to 7 on the international scale. (INES) The only nuclear accident previously rated this high was Chernobyl....

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...
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