Water rate increased for reactor 2 As temperature in pressure vessel rises, boric acid added to coolant to prevent chain reaction Workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant increased the amount of water injected into reactor 2 on Tuesday … Continue reading →
From the Japan Times – a masterpiece of understatement: Pipe leaks water from reactor 4 fuel pool Tepco discovers that 8.5 tons of radioactive coolant water leaked in reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, somewhat higher than … Continue reading →
Fearful of scaring public, existence of document was denied for months The government buried a worst-case scenario for the Fukushima nuclear crisis that was drafted last March and kept it under wraps until the end of last year, sources in the … Continue reading →
Camera peeks inside reactorTepco said Thursday it has inserted an industrial endoscope into the primary containment vessel of reactor unit 2 at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, but images showed the level of coolant water was lower than the utility … Continue reading →