10:36 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 44 comments - (Comments are closed)

Tepco says fuel in Reactors No. 2 and 3 may have melted — Announcement about the two reactors “will be made later”

10:28 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Moody’s cuts TEPCO credit rating after today’s news about Reactors No. 2 and 3, saying damage at plant “appears worse than previously indicated”

09:49 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 54 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactor No. 1 core had total meltdown and uranium fuel may be outside containment building — Nuclear reaction could have restarted

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

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

08:10 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Large amount of saltwater found in Reactor No. 5 at Hamaoka nuclear plant — Trying to stop reactor from eroding

07:22 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan extends exclusion zone around Fukushima — “Authorities aren’t willing to let people stay any longer”

03:55 AM EST on May 16th, 2011 | 46 comments - (Comments are closed)

Melted fuel in No. 1 reactor NOT covered with water

TEPCO: Fuel rods partially exposed above water, NHK, May 16, 2011

05:56 PM EST on May 15th, 2011 | 72 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO trying to “prevent re-criticality” at Reactor No. 3 — Temperature soaring in pressure vessel, up over 100°F in 24 hours even after increasing water injection

Unit 3 boric acid injection, to prevent re-criticality is also the No. 1.2, Yomiuri Shinbun, May 15, 2011

03:35 PM EST on May 15th, 2011 | 39 comments - (Comments are closed)

Quake, not tsunami, may have caused damage that led to meltdown — Within 16 hours, No. 1 reactor core melted and made a hole in pressure vessel

Key facilities in Fukushima plant could have collapsed before tsunami: report, Xinhua, May 15, 2011

01:56 PM EST on May 15th, 2011 | 27 comments - (Comments are closed)

Two other reactors have serious core damage — Indicates there are holes in bottom of vessels at No. 2 and 3

01:11 PM EST on May 15th, 2011 | 133 comments - (Comments are closed)

Highly radioactive substances detected in Tokyo — Higher than what was found near Fukushima plant

Arirang (Korea’s Global TV), May 15, 2011

07:57 AM EST on May 15th, 2011 | 48 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO: Years needed to remove damaged nuclear fuel (VIDEO)

02:06 AM EST on May 15th, 2011 | 126 comments - (Comments are closed)

Private testing finds high concentration of Plutonium in soil over 30 miles from Fukushima — “Very high radiation that is very different to what the gov’t released”

05:04 PM EST on May 14th, 2011 | 69 comments - (Comments are closed)

Highest Yet: 2 Sieverts per hour detected in No. 1 reactor building on May 13

12:49 PM EST on May 14th, 2011 | 27 comments - (Comments are closed)

Man dies after collapsing while working at Fukushima — Had put on a full protective suit to help prevent radiation exposure

Fukushima Daiichi plant worker dies, NHK, May 14, 2011

12:23 PM EST on May 14th, 2011 | 55 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO concealed radiation data before explosion at No. 3 reactor — Workers not informed of extremely high levels

08:33 PM EST on May 13th, 2011 | 124 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO: Reactor No. 2 and 3 water level gauges “not very trustworthy” — Likely malfunctioning as No. 1 did

07:51 PM EST on May 13th, 2011 | 44 comments - (Comments are closed)

Off the Scale: Radiation in No. 1 reactor building exceeds 1,000 millisieverts per hour — Levels too high for Geiger counter to measure

07:04 PM EST on May 13th, 2011 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Highly dangerous” levels of radiation detected in No. 3 reactor building — Double amount from April

Robot finds high radiation at No. 3 reactor bldg, The Yomiuri Shimbun, May 14, 2011

04:59 PM EST on May 13th, 2011 | 42 comments - (Comments are closed)

Top DOE official: US “had difficulty grasping what was actually happening” at Fukushima (VIDEO)

02:57 PM EST on May 13th, 2011 | 61 comments - (Comments are closed)

‘Situation’ at No. 1 reactor “could escalate rapidly if the lava melts through the reactor vessel”

The Independent, May 13, 2011

02:15 PM EST on May 13th, 2011 | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Fears that Reactor No. 3 “which contains MOX plutonium fuel, may have also suffered a meltdown”

Partial meltdown hits Fukushima nuclear plant, The Independent, May 13, 2011

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