01:05 PM EST on May 27th, 2011 | 26 comments - (Comments are closed)

Fire breaks out at Fukushima Dai-ni nuclear plant — Started in basement near Reactor No. 1

02:55 PM EST on May 26th, 2011 | 126 comments - (Comments are closed)

New TEPCO analysis shows 94% of nuclear fuel melted in Reactor No. 3

Large scale melt predicted at units 2 and 3, World Nuclear News, May 26, 2011

03:54 PM EST on May 25th, 2011 | 165 comments - (Comments are closed)

Highest radiation dose yet at Reactor No. 1 — 204 Sieverts per hour in drywell

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04:06 AM EST on May 25th, 2011 | 63 comments - (Comments are closed)

Chunks of nuclear fuel appear to have entered drywell, causing damage: AP — Related to recent 192 Sievert/hour measurement in Reactor No. 1?

More Melted Fuel At Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant Uncovered During UN Probe, AP, May 24, 2011

02:40 AM EST on May 25th, 2011 | 26 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO analysis indicates Reactor No. 1 and 2 have breached containment vessels meant to stop radiation from leaking

08:05 PM EST on May 24th, 2011 | 143 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Reactor No. 2 has multiple 4-inch holes in CONTAINMENT VESSEL

11:29 AM EST on May 24th, 2011 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japan switches measurements: Reactor No. 1 drywell, not suppression chamber, now at 192 Sieverts per hour

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Radiation dose, Unit 1 nuclear power plant Hukushima, atmc.jp, May 24, 2011

02:35 PM EST on May 23rd, 2011 | 148 comments - (Comments are closed)

Radiation at Reactor No. 1 skyrockets — Now over 200 Sieverts per hour

02:40 AM EST on May 23rd, 2011 | 21 comments - (Comments are closed)

Work to reinforce No.4 reactor building starts soon, hoping done by August — To prevent bottom of spent fuel pool from falling out

04:47 PM EST on May 22nd, 2011 | 97 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactor No. 3: ‘Japan reports more radiation leakage’

03:58 PM EST on May 22nd, 2011 | 15 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nitrogen injections into Reactor No. 1 stopped for hours yesterday because of equipment malfunction — Backup device in use

09:34 PM EST on May 21st, 2011 | 230 comments - (Comments are closed)

Highest Radiation Levels Yet: 1,000 millisieverts/hour found on debris outside Reactor No. 3

01:58 PM EST on May 21st, 2011 | 43 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Reactor No. 1 “exploded” after full meltdown — Similar pattern of disaster befell Reactors No. 2 and 3

Fukushima plant probably began spewing radiation within hours of earthquake: data, National Post, May 21, 2011

07:59 PM EST on May 19th, 2011 | 58 comments - (Comments are closed)

UPDATE: TEPCO may have to find another way to inject nitrogen needed to prevent blast at Reactor No. 3

Humidity, heat, radiation in reactor buildings, NHK, May 20, 2011

02:30 PM EST on May 19th, 2011 | 58 comments - (Comments are closed)

“Water dropping down from above” in Reactor No. 2 — Steaming spent fuel pool blamed

Workers find pools of water at No.2, NHK, May 19, 2011

12:56 AM EST on May 19th, 2011 | 128 comments - (Comments are closed)

TEPCO says it’s “difficult” to start injecting nitrogen needed to prevent blast at Reactor No. 3

NHK, May 19, 2011

11:50 PM EST on May 18th, 2011 | 65 comments - (Comments are closed)

Sharp rise in radioactive material near Reactor No. 3 – Seawater concentration triples in a day (VIDEO)

01:58 AM EST on May 18th, 2011 | 77 comments - (Comments are closed)

Melted fuel in Reactor No. 3 appears to have burned through pressure vessel — Loaded with rods containing plutonium

01:01 PM EST on May 17th, 2011 | 61 comments - (Comments are closed)

BBC: “Melted floor” at Reactor No. 1 — Damage “far more severe than initially thought”

06:43 AM EST on May 17th, 2011 | 63 comments - (Comments are closed)

Reactor No.1′s fuel rods “completely melted” admits TEPCO

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

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

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