Japan ‘discovers’ tons of radioactive water have been leaking into ground at Fukushima

Mainichi: “The melted nuclear fuel is sinking toward water under the ground”

TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks

TEPCO adding boric acid to No. 3 spent fuel pool to prevent situation which could lead to re-criticality

Resumption of radiation decontamination system “not in sight” — Unclear whether recycling of water can be carried out as planned

NHK: “Possibility that there is little water left inside the Number 2 reactor” because of full meltdown — New gauge measuring water level not operating because temps are too high

High-tech equipment is malfunctioning around Reactor No. 2

Unmanned helicopter crash lands on Reactor No. 2

Fukushima Weekly Wrapup for June 24

No. 4 spent fuel pool only 8 degrees below boiling point

IAEA closed door session: Group was unable to obtain necessary information from Japan about Fukushima — Led to difficulties projecting how radioactive materials would spread around world

TEPCO admits decontamination system at Fukushima “not working”

UK gov’t plan based on radiation release from Fukushima being almost double Chernobyl total

81 microsieverts per hour detected 60 km outside nuclear evacuation zone — 800+ times acceptable radiation levels (PHOTO)

Reactor No. 2 basement filled with radioactive “rust red” colored water measuring 430 millisieverts per hour at surface (PHOTO)

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Work begins inside No.2 reactor building, NHK, June 22, 2011

Reactor No. 3 temperature up 7°C in a day

TEPCO: Excessively high radiation at Reactor No. 2 — Abrupt jump may be from leaking pressure chamber

“They lied to us”: Radiation release comparable to Chernobyl — Total core meltdown in all 3 reactors — Worst industrial catastrophe in world history (CNN VIDEO)

Fukushima ‘still a ticking time bomb’, CNN, June 21, 2011

NYT: Fire before Ft. Calhoun’s spent fuel pool lost cooling power “remains under investigation”

Tokyo region residents increasingly worried over radiation exposure after hotspots discovered in and around capital — Local gov’ts calling for calm

Report: City of 290,000 people 60 kilometers from Fukushima meltdown is in danger — Extremely high radiation detected, along with Cobalt-60

Japan’s recovery from Fukushima to be measured in centuries, judging by Chernobyl (VIDEO)