04:51 PM EST on March 2nd, 2012 | 94 comments

Study: Fuel damage not ‘major’ at Fukushima Reactors No. 5 and 6 — Emissions from cores and spent fuel pools not ‘large’

06:53 AM EST on January 31st, 2012 | 11 comments

Asahi on “unusual” Fukushima information: Reactor No. 5 had inadequate quake protection — Official to conduct thorough investigation after Tepco’s found no “clear” damage

03:28 PM EST on November 13th, 2011 | 39 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactors No. 5 and 6 were NOT in cold shutdown after quake, implies report by US nuclear industry — Cooling at Spent Fuel Pool No. 5 stopped until cables installed — Fresh fuel had been loaded into both reactors

02:30 PM EST on November 13th, 2011 | 31 comments - (Comments are closed)

Do new revelations prove Fukushima Reactors No. 5 and 6 had meltdowns, or even worse?

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11:25 AM EST on October 28th, 2011 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)

Major Study: Reactor No. 5 releases may explain why so much radioactive xenon detected… or “recriticality has occurred in one of the reactor units”

11:40 PM EST on October 24th, 2011 | 137 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Fukushima Reactors No. 5, 6 now in crisis — Cesium outside release points up 1,000% in recent days — Local says Hitachi engineers coming to help (VIDEO)

SOURCE: TEPCO
08:01 AM EST on October 9th, 2011 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO uses radioactive water from Reactors No. 5 and 6 to spray throughout Fukushima plant — Over 100 tons a day — Tanks close to overflowing

01:33 PM EST on July 1st, 2011 | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactors No. 5 and 6 contain 8,000 tons of radioactive water — Will be transferred to megafloat over next few months

10:41 PM EST on May 29th, 2011 | 48 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Pump failure nearly brings No. 5 to a boil”

Anything above might cause the water to evaporate and expose the fuel rods.

05:42 PM EST on May 18th, 2011 | 31 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactor No. 6 now has over 6 feet of contaminated water in turbine building — Water in reactor building may cause cooling system to fail

Poor estimates force timetable revision, Yomiuri, May 18, 2011

08:59 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cesium found near drainage gates at Reactors No. 5 and 6

08:46 PM EST on March 23rd, 2011 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cooling system at reactor No. 5 “abruptly stopped working on Wednesday afternoon” – TEPCO