Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 - April 20, 2011

[sharon sanders]

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Limit the intake of some vegetables from Fukushima

10:12 23 March 23 Japan time

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, received that was detected in a series of radioactive material exceeds the national standards from the farm, for example broccoli and cauliflower and leafy vegetables such as cabbage and spinach produced in Fukushima Prefecture, the time being instructed to eat between. In addition to these vegetables, Takabu is produced in Fukushima Prefecture, about raw milk and parsley it is produced in Ibaraki Prefecture, for the time being instructed to refrain from shipping.

From vegetables, broccoli and cabbage were produced in Ibaraki Prefecture and Fukushima, understand that it has been detected radioactive material exceeds the provisional standard of the country, some may also have more than 160 times the reference value was. To that end, the Prime Minister Naoto Kan, 23, was produced in Fukushima Prefecture spinach, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower for example, and the type of rape and other leafy greens, for the time being, not to eat Nuclear Disaster Special Measures Law directed basis. In addition to these vegetables, Takabu is produced in Fukushima Prefecture, about raw milk and parsley it is produced in Ibaraki Prefecture, for the time being, instructed to refrain from shipping. Over the agricultural products were detected radioactive material exceeds the national standard is 21 days, the Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, and spinach produced in each prefecture of Gunma Prefecture, and oyster For raw milk were collected in Fukushima Prefecture to it for the time being, to refrain from shipping direct shipping restrictions.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110323/t10014843001000.html

 

[makoto]

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station(F1) live cam
05:00 AM to 19:00 PM(up date frequency 1time/h)

3/23 15:00 PM


power restored control room No3



Above normal radiation figures

Radiation levels in many areas of eastern and northern Japan continue to be higher than normal.
Municipalities and other institutions are measuring their radiation levels.
According to measurements taken by 9 AM Wednesday, 6.09 microsieverts per hour were observed in the city of Fukushima, 65 kilometers northwest of the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant....

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_22.html

Health ministry comments on water radiation

The health ministry adds that the radiation levels measured in the tap water do not pose an immediate health risk to babies younger than one year old even if they drink it....

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 15:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_26.html

High levels of iodine in Tokyo tap water

Radioactive iodine has been detected in Tokyo tap water in levels above the safe limit for infants.
The Tokyo Metropolitan government says 210 becquerels of iodine-131 were detected on Tuesday in one liter of water at one of its purification plants in northern Tokyo...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 15:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_27.html

Rain may have put iodine in Tokyo water

Professor Yasuyuki Matsumura of Gakushuin University says the high level of radioactive material in Tokyo's tap water was likely caused when air mixed with Tuesday's rain, raising the iodine level in the water before it reached the purifying plant....

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 17:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_32.html

 

[Emily]

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/us-toshiba-idUSTRE72L0U020110322

Toshiba, Hitachi send engineers to stricken nuclear plant
TOKYO | Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:24am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics giants Toshiba and Hitachi said on Tuesday they had dispatched hundreds of staff to provide support at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and to carry out checks at the neighboring Daini plant....

Hopefully getting the power connected is a turning point. I'm guessing that this is why there was a huge influx of support staff on the 22nd.

 

[makoto]

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TEPCO: Black smoke rises from No.3 reactor

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says black smoke was seen rising from the No.3 reactor building at the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at around 4:20 PM on Wednesday.

TEPCO told reporters that it received a report 1 hour later that the smoke had gradually cleared...


Wednesday, March 23, 2011 19:13 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_33.html

Tokyo shoppers rush for mineral water

Supermarkets in Tokyo are crowded with shoppers buying mineral water after a radioactive substance in unsafe levels for infants was detected in Tokyo tap water.
At a supermarket in eastern Tokyo, stocks of plastic 2-liter mineral water bottles sold out in 20 minutes, immediately after the Tokyo Metropolitan government's announcement on Wednesday about the detection of iodine in tap water...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 18:55 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_34.html

Extremely high radiation found in soil

Japanese authorities have detected a concentration of a radioactive substance 1,600 times higher than normal in soil at a village, 40 kilometers away from the troubled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.
The disaster task force in Fukushima composed of the central and local governments surveyed radioactive substances in soil about 5 centimeters below the surface at 6 locations around the plant from last Friday through Tuesday...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 19:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/23_28.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Japanese to English translation
Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
(March 23, 2011, shooting nuclear safety inspectors)



Fig 1. Equipment in a central control room photo
Workers described the recording of

Fig 2. Workers check the parameters in the central control room

Fig 3. Check the back panel of workers parameter

Fig 4. Security Gate

Inquiries regarding this matter
Local nuclear emergency response headquarters (Group PR)
024-521-7837


http://www.meti.go.jp/press/20110323012/20110323012-5.pdf

 

[makoto]

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SPEEDI

http://www.nsc.go.jp/info/110323_top_siryo.pdf

equivalent radiation dose for internal organ
date: 03/12 06:00 to 03/24 00:00
area: 92km x 92km
nuclide name: total iodine
object: 1 year old child
organ: thyroid gland

estimate: after F1 accident, child spend days in the open air

 

[makoto]

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station（F1) live cam
05:00 AM to 19:00 PM(up date frequency 1time/h)

3/24 08:00 AM


3/24 07:00 AM
steam? from unit1 to 4 via nhk japanese news


Tokyo to provide bottled water for infants

The Tokyo Metropolitan government says it will distribute mineral water to families with infants following reports that radioactive material above permissible levels for babies has been detected at one of its purification plants....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 03:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_02.html

Less than 60degrees Celsius at plant fuel pools

Japan's Defense Ministry says that the temperature of spent fuel rod pools in 2 reactors of a seriously damaged nuclear plant has fallen below 60 degrees Celsius...

Thursday, March 24, 2011 03:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_05.html

Govt agency posts nuclear hazard guidelines

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has posted guidelines on the internet for people living outside the 30 kilometer exclusion zone around the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant....

The guidelines also say it is not necessary for residents to take iodine tablets at present.

....The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency's health consultation phone number is 0120-755-199. Enquiries are accepted between 10 AM and 9 PM.

Thursday, March 24, 2011 03:01 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_06.html

Steam rising from 4 reactors at Fukushima plant

An NHK helicopter crew has confirmed what appears to be steam rising from No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
This is the first time that steam has been seen coming out of the No.1 reactor....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 09:31 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_18.html

 

[makoto]

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05:00 AM to 19:00 PM(up date frequency 1time/h)

3/24 12:00


Pressure rises inside No.1 reactor container

Tokyo Electric Power Company is taking measures to reduce pressure inside the No.1 reactor containment vessel at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.....

...The power company cut back on the water injection early on Thursday. This resulted in pressure inside the container dropping to 0.3585 mega-pascals, below the safety limit of 0.528 mega-pascals.
The reactor temperature also dropped to 243 degrees as of 5:00 AM on Thursday....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_29.html

Lights on at No.1 reactor control room

The Tokyo Electric Power Company says lights have been turned on inside the control room of the No.1 reactor building at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_32.html

Water injection resumes at No.3 reactor

The Tokyo Electric Power Company has resumed injecting water into a pool for spent fuel rods at the No.3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The company had planned to restart the flow of cooling water using external power to the No.3 reactor pump on Wednesday....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_24.html

Radioactive iodine found in Kawaguchi

The city of Kawaguchi, north of Tokyo, says radioactive iodine-131 has been detected in one of its 7 water purification facilities.
The municipal government announced on Thursday that it detected 120 becquerels of iodine per liter of water in a survey carried out on Tuesday. The reading is above the 100-becquerel safety level for infants but is safe for adults...

Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:02 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_30.html

 

[makoto]

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3/24 17:00 PM


Iodine levels on the rise near Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company says the level of radioactive iodine is on the rise in waters near the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

On Wednesday morning, the plant operator detected radioactive iodine-131 at a level 147 times higher than safety standards at a location 330 meters away from a water outlet of the facility....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 15:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_33.html

Radiation level drops at Tokyo water plant

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the measurement of a radioactive substance at a water purification plant dropped below the safety limit for infants on Thursday.
It said on Thursday that a test at the Kanamachi water purification plant on Thursday morning found 79 becquerels of radioactive iodine-131 per liter of water -- below the recommended limit of 100 becquerels for infants....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 15:34 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_36.html

2 nuclear plant workers sent to hospital

Japan's nuclear safety agency says 2 workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were taken to hospital on Thursday after being exposed to high-level radiation at the plant.
The agency says the workers' feet were accidentally exposed to 170 to 180 millisieverts of radiation while they were working in the turbine building of the Number 3 reactor....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 15:43 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_39.html

2 nuclear plant workers hospitalized

.....The workers were taken to a local hospital before being moved to the National Institute of Radiological Sciences for treatment.

A third worker was also exposed to the higher-level radiation but apparently did not require treatment.
The maximum level of radiation exposure allowed for nuclear plant workers in Japan is normally 100 millisieverts. But the health and labor ministry has recently raised that limit to 250 millisieverts
for emergency crews at the Fukushima plant.

Thursday, March 24, 2011 16:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_41.html

Tokyo lifts advice against tap water

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it has lifted its advice against using tap water for consumption by infants in Tokyo's 23 wards and 5 adjacent cities.

The government said the level of radioactive iodine-131 in water at the Kanamachi purification plant on Thursday morning had dropped to 79 becquerels per liter -- below the recommended limit of 100 for infants under 1 year old. The government added that the level has been falling for 3 days....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 17:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_40.html

 

[makoto]

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Unit3
via SDF' video

High radiation levels detected 30km off nuke plant

Japan's science ministry says levels of radioactive substances up to twice recommended limits were detected in waters 30 kilometers off the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.
The ministry conducted a survey on Wednesday in 8 locations over a distance of 70 kilometers from north to south in the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive iodine-131 and radioactive cesium-137 were detected at all locations...


Thursday, March 24, 2011 18:58 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_45.html

SDF getting help from US nuclear specialists

The Chief of Staff of Japan's Self-Defense Forces says his personnel are working with US military specialists to bring the Fukushima nuclear plant under control....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 19:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_48.html

Restoration efforts continue at damaged nuke plant

Electricity supply has been restored at the control room of the No.1 reactor of the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says lights in the control room were switched on again before noon on Thursday, 2 days after lights were turned on in the control room of the No.3 reactor....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 21:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_49.html

Surface temps of reactors continue to fall

The Defense Ministry says temperatures at 4 nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant have fallen below 20 degrees Celsius.
The ministry has been using helicopters to take infrared surveys of the surface temperatures of facilities at the stricken plant since Saturday.....

Thursday, March 24, 2011 21:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/24_53.html

 

[makoto]

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3/25 08:00 AM

3/25 09:00 AM


Radioactive water detected in 6 prefectures

Radioactive water has been detected at water purification facilities in Tokyo and 5 other prefectures. The level of radioactive iodine-131 at 18 purification plants exceeds Japan's safety limit for infants.
Radioactive iodine-131 does not exist in nature. Experts believe it was carried by the wind from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to surrounding areas, and then washed down into rivers by rain...

Friday, March 25, 2011 01:25 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_02.html

Excessive radioactivity found in Tokyo vegetable

Japan's health ministry says radiation above the legal limit has been detected in a vegetable grown in Tokyo. This is the first time that radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit has been found in a Tokyo vegetable.

The ministry says the radioactive cesium was detected on Thursday in a leafy vegetable taken from a field in Edogawa ward on Wednesday. The vegetable is called Komatsuna, or Japanese mustard spinach. The radioactive level was 890 becquerels per kilogram, exceeding the legal limit of 500....

Friday, March 25, 2011 05:09 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_03.html

High radiation detected in water at plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has detected high levels of radioactive substances in water that 3 workers were exposed to at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The company says 3.9 million becquerels of radioactive substances per cubic centimeter were detected in the water that the workers were standing in. That is 10,000 times higher than levels of the water inside a nuclear reactor in operation...

Friday, March 25, 2011 08:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_10.html

Work resumes to restore power at Fukushima plant

Work to restore power resumed at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday morning.
Workers are checking if there is any damage to equipment at the No.1 to No.4. reactors. Lights in the No.2 reactor's control room are expected to be switched on again on Friday...

Friday, March 25, 2011 11:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_15.html

 

[makoto]

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3/25 15:00 PM
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Nuke safety agency: No.3 reactor likely be damaged

Japan's nuclear safety agency says it is highly likely that the Number 3 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been damaged, leading to the leak of high levels of radiation....

Friday, March 25, 2011 12:48 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_19.html

Edano: Voluntary evacuation from 20-30 km advised

The government is advising residents to voluntarily evacuate areas within 20 to 30 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in view of the severe living conditions in the zone....

Friday, March 25, 2011 13:17 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_20.html

Nuclear safety agency orders Tepco safety measures

Japan's nuclear safety agency says it ordered the Tokyo Electric Power Company to step up safety measures at the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima after another case of workers exposed to radiation...

Friday, March 25, 2011 13:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_18.html

Tap water warning for infants in parts of Ibaraki

Some municipalities in Ibaraki Prefecture, to the south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, are advising residents not to give tap water to babies less than one year old, as tests show it contains radioactive substances that exceed safe levels.
Hitachi City, Hitachi Ota City and Tokai Village conducted tests again on Thursday, after checks at local purification plants a day earlier found that tap water had levels of radioactive iodine-131 above the permitted levels for infants....

Friday, March 25, 2011 14:08 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_21.html

Kitazawa: US to help avoid salt damage in reactors

Japan's defense minister says the government plans to switch from seawater to fresh water to cool the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the support of US forces.
Toshimi Kitazawa told reporters on Friday that the United States urged Japan to quickly switch to fresh water, and offered to help do so....

Friday, March 25, 2011 15:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_22.html

 

[makoto]

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from Security Gate Unit2

new service building from Security Gate

Entrance of the Health & Safety Center


photo from NISA

Summer elec. supply will likely face difficulties

Japan's economy ministry says Tokyo and surrounding prefectures could face difficulties supplying electricity this summer.
The ministry's announcement on Friday comes after several power plants of the Tokyo Electric Power Company suffered serious damage from the March 11th earthquake and tsunami...

Friday, March 25, 2011 19:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_32.html

Fresh water starts flowing into troubled reactors

Tokyo Electric Power Company has begun pumping fresh water instead of seawater into troubled reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Workers had been injecting seawater as an emergency measure to cool the reactors and spent fuel storage pools after the plant was crippled by the quake and tsunami.....

Friday, March 25, 2011 21:11 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_41.html

Radioactive water in Kanto region

Radiation levels detected in tap water still exceed safety limits for infants in parts of Ibaraki prefecture, south of the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The tests by municipalities in the prefecture on Friday came after checks at some local purification plants two days earlier found that tap water had radioactive iodine-131 above the permitted level for infants of 100 becquerels per liter....

Friday, March 25, 2011 22:50 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_42.html

 

[Missouriwatcher]

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SDF shows aerial images of Fukushima nuclear plant
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_30.html#jpquake #Fukushima

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Japan Quietly Evacuating a Wider Radius From Reactors

By DAVID JOLLY, HIROKO TABUCHI and KEITH BRADSHER
Published: March 25, 2011

TOKYO — Japanese officials on Friday began quietly encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a sign that they hold little hope that the crippled facility will soon be brought under control.

The authorities said they would now assist people who want to leave the area from 12 to 19 miles outside the crippled plant and said they were now encouraging “voluntary evacuation” from the area. Those people had been advised March 15 to remain indoors, while those within a 12-mile radius of the plant had been ordered to evacuate.

The United States has recommended that its citizens stay at least 50 miles away from the plant.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/world/asia/26japan.html?src=mv

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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March 26, 2011
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

Regarding the result of concentration measurement in the stagnant water on the basement floor of the turbine building of Unit 1 of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station

Regarding the issue above, as the result of concentration measurement of each radioactive nuclide was reported from Tokyo Electric Power Company, it is informed as attached.
(Contact Person)
Mr. Toshihiro Bannai
Director, International Affairs Office, NISA/METI
Phone:+81-(0)3-3501-1087
(Tentative Translation)
March 25th, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Fukushima Dai-ichi NPS
Regarding the result of concentration measurement in the stagnant water on the basement floor of the turbine building of Unit 1 of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
Radioactive Nuclide
Concentration (Bq/cm3)
Cl-38
1.6?10^6
As-74
3.9?10^2
Y-91
5.2?10^4
I-131
2.1?10^5
Cs-134
1.6?10^5
Cs136
1.7?10^4
Cs-137
1.8?10^6
La-140
3.4?10^2

http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/files/en20110325-6.pdf

 

[makoto]

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station(F1) live cam
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3/26 12:00


2 Nucelar plant workers hospitalized

...The 3 workers underwent close examination at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba Prefecture...
....The doctors said the workers' skin show no signs of injury but they fear that symptoms may develop within 3 weeks' time. If this occurs, the workers will receive the same treatment used for burns....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 04:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_03.html

TEPCO forced to change strategy at plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company has been forced to change its strategy at the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant due to high radiation levels at the site....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 08:45 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_08.html

Challenge to remove water from reactors

Tokyo Electric Power Company is considering ways to remove water from the quake-hit nuclear plant where three workers have been exposed to high levels of radiation.
The workers waded into water that contained 10,000 times the radiation of normal levels. This took place in the basement of the turbine building of the Number 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. They were working to install power cables....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 08:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_07.html

Fresh water injected into No. 2 reactor

Workers at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are now pumping fresh water instead of seawater into the No. 2 reactor.
The measure was taken to prevent salt from building up inside the reactor and affecting its cooling capability. Seawater was used to cool reactors and spent fuel storage pools at the plant as an emergency measure following the tsunami....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_14.html

High level of iodine 131 in seawater near N-plant

A high level of radioactive iodine has been detected in seawater near Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The facility was hit by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_13.html

Residents question need for nuclear power plant

An NHK survey of people living near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi power plant shows doubt about whether the plant is really needed amid growing concern about its safety....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 15:47 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_17.html

Fukushima troubles affecting other nuclear plants

Japanese electric power companies that operate nuclear power plants are facing difficulty in either restarting nuclear reactors in their checkups or transporting nuclear fuel to the power plants.

Municipal governments that host nuclear power plants are urging plant operators to freeze expansion projects and to review safety measures....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 19:12 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_18.html

Collective relocation of Fukushima residents

Municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are relocating residents and administrative functions to remote areas. Many of them are located within the evacuation zone around the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 19:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_21.html

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 +

Power restored to control room of No.2

unit1

Power restored to control room of No.1


photo via yomiuri online

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 +

The result of the nuclide analysis of radioactive materials in the air at the site of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station(PDF 12.6KB)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110326e6.pdf

Nuclide analysis of radioactive materials in the air Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station(Main Gate) (PDF 12.5KB)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110326e8.pdf

The result of the nuclide analysis of the seawater (Around the discharge canal (south) of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station)(PDF 7.75KB)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110326e1.pdf

The result of the nuclide analysis of the seawater (Around the discharge canal (north) of Units 3 and 4 of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station) (PDF 7.610KB)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110326e3.pdf

The result of the nuclide analysis of the seawater (Around Iwasawa Coast) (PDF 30.5KB)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110326e4.pdf

Radioactivity Density of Seawater(PDF 39.6KB)
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110326e5.pdf

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 +

Re: Japan - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Units 1 - 6 Reports, News, Graphics - March 17 +

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station(F1) live cam
05:00 AM to 19:00 PM(up date frequency 1time/h)

3/27 05:00 AM


Reactors may create highly radioactive seawater

Tokyo Electric Power Company has said it will do its best to learn how water contaminated with radioactive substances leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the earthquake on March 11th....

Saturday, March 26, 2011 21:56 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/26_25.html

High radiation detected 30 km from Fukushima plant

Radiation levels 40 percent higher than the yearly limit for the general public has been detected just over 30 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The Science Ministry says a reading of 1.4 millisieverts was taken on Wednesday morning in Namie Town northwest of the plant....

Sunday, March 27, 2011 08:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_01.html

Efforts continue to remove water

Tokyo Electric Power Company continues to seek ways to drain contaminated water from the quake-battered Fukushima Daiichi plant where 3 workers were exposed to high levels of radiation.
The incident took place in the basement of the Number 3 reactor's turbine building on Thursday. Three workers waded into water that had 10,000 times the usual level of radiation found in a reactor while installing power cables....

Sunday, March 27, 2011 08:53 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_06.html

Higher level of iodine 131 detected in seawater

The Japanese government says radioactive iodine in excess of 1,850 times regulated standards was found in seawater collected near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Saturday...

Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:16 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_11.html

Extreme radiation detected at No.2 reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has detected radioactive materials 10-million-times normal levels in water at the No.2 reactor complex of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The plant operator, known as TEPCO, says it measured 2.9-billion becquerels of radiation per one cubic centimeter of water from the basement of the turbine building attached to the Number 2 reactor....

Sunday, March 27, 2011 13:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_12.html

Detection List F1

Chlorine 38
Cobalt 60
Arsenic 74
Yttrium 91
Zirconium 95
Technetium 99
Ruthenium 106
Meta tellurium 129
Tellurium 132
Iodine 131
Iodine 132
Iodine 133
Cesium 134
Cesium 136
Cesium 137
Cerium 144
Molybdenum 99
Barium 140
Lanthanum 140