04:16 PM EST on May 14th, 2012 | 90 comments

Professor Shocked: “The core completely liquified — There’s nothing left — There’s no hook — There’s no remaining collapsed core” (VIDEO)

12:37 PM EST on May 14th, 2012 | 39 comments

Physicist: Unit 2 completely liquified, 100% liquification of uranium core — “We’ve never seen this before in the history of nuclear power” (VIDEO)

09:11 AM EST on May 13th, 2012 | 21 comments

Gundersen’s Kansai Presentation: Pellets of nuclear fuel were scattered around Fukushima site — Pieces, not atoms, but pieces — Hydrogen will not create explosion seen at Unit No. 3 (VIDEO)

07:26 AM EST on May 11th, 2012 | 26 comments

Reactor No. 3 at highest temperature of year — Now over 60ºC

08:43 PM EST on May 10th, 2012 | 117 comments

Tepco: Reactor No. 3 has “doors that should not be disclosed for the issue of nuclear material protection” (VIDEO)

03:27 PM EST on May 9th, 2012 | 35 comments

Krypton-85 doubles inside Reactor No. 2 — At highest level since year began

06:12 AM EST on May 1st, 2012 | 32 comments

Asahi: Fukushima chief Yoshida felt “explosion occurred in the containment vessel” at Reactor No. 2 — Yet none of 4 special investigations have explained why it will only hold 2 feet of water

07:17 PM EST on April 30th, 2012 | 30 comments

Hydrogen levels continue rising at Reactor No. 2 — Now above .50%, highest in months — Explosion risk at 4%

12:13 PM EST on April 27th, 2012 | 15 comments

Highest hydrogen levels of year inside Reactor No. 2 containment vessel

04:50 PM EST on April 26th, 2012 | 11 comments

7-fold increase in radioactive cesium being released from Reactor No. 2 during April (CHART)

12:57 PM EST on April 24th, 2012 | 22 comments

Kyodo: Fukushima Daiichi reactors are “riddled with meltdown holes”

11:57 AM EST on April 24th, 2012 | 25 comments

Pressure doubles inside Reactor No. 2 containment vessel since start of April — Tepco making effort to reduce pressure

12:06 PM EST on April 20th, 2012 | 43 comments

More from Lead Investigator: “The ‘nuclear lava’ melted the bottom of the containment vessel, leaking a huge amount of fission gasses and particles to the air and water”

09:18 AM EST on April 20th, 2012 | 61 comments

Fukushima Investigation: “Within one day complete meltdown and melt through occurred” — “There is no way that gov’t did not know this” (VIDEO)

12:56 PM EST on April 18th, 2012 | 28 comments

NHK: Tepco can’t find holes at Reactor No. 2 — Nuclear Expert: It’s leaking like a sieve — “No one knows how they’re ever going to remove fuel in my lifetime” — Likely 50, 60, 70 years — Radiation like outer space (VIDEO)

09:53 AM EST on April 18th, 2012 | 61 comments

Japan Times on Melt Through: “Molten ‘lava’ melted bottom of containment vessel,” says nuclear engineer given access by top official — Huge amounts of fission materials released into environment

08:19 AM EST on April 15th, 2012 | 85 comments

Tepco: Another thermometer breaks at Fukushima — Now only one left at bottom of Reactor No. 2 pressure vessel

08:56 AM EST on April 13th, 2012 | 29 comments

Kyodo: Nitrogen injections stopped for fourth time in recent weeks

08:17 AM EST on April 13th, 2012 | 6 comments

Tepco Press Conference: SFP No. 4 heat exchanger restarted — New photos released of debris inside SFP No. 3 — Reactor No. 1 temperature “started to rise noticeably” (PHOTOS)

01:51 AM EST on April 10th, 2012 | 32 comments

Goddard’s Journal analysis indicates steam explosion at Reactor No. 3 — NRC discussed steam explosion ejecting entire core (VIDEOS)

 
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