The nuclear power plants in Japan after the March 11 , 2011 earthquakes could become a major nuclear disaster.
Keep watching this page for updates and insights by Raymond Rouse on the issues from a nuke scientist's point of view.

Continuing Updates:

Current Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by Photographs- January 2012

IAEA Status of Fukushima

INES Leaflet on Nuclear Accidents

Continuing Updates on Earthquakes around the world

INPO Special Report on the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Japan One Year Later...presented by onlineSchools.org

Why Fukushima was Preventable

May 17, 2012

Unidentified U.S. Nuclear Engineer: “Concern over mechanical stability of Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 is legitimate”

May 16, 2012
Japanese MD: Contamination from Fukushima Daiichi now spreading all over world — There may be radiation damage in other countries (VIDEO)

Japanese Diplomat: Deploy military to Fukushima Daiichi? If not “it may be too late”

May 15, 2012
Japan Physicians: 1 million will develop cancer and die from Fukushima radiation, using expert’s figures (VIDEO)

Cesium spike in Tokyo Bay is “no immediate threat to health” — Fukushima contamination increases up to 1,200% since August — Levels will continue rising for years

May 14, 2012
NHK: Radioactive rats with high levels of cesium found 70km from Fukushima plant — As sensitive to radiation as humans (VIDEO)

WSJ: Japan Prime Minister ‘hedges’ when asked about Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 — Fears revived after U.S. senator’s warning of huge danger that remains at Fukushima

May 13, 2012
Nuclear Expert: Fukushima releases are equal to or greater than Chernobyl — Radioactive noble gas clouds over US Northwest much worse than ever anticipated (VIDEO)

May 12, 2012
Nuclear Expert: “I believe Fukushima is worse than Chernobyl and I think I can prove that” (VIDEO)

If Fukushima spent fuel pool goes dry would be like a massive dirty bomb being set off (VIDEO)

May 11, 2012
Reactor No. 3 at highest temperature of year — Now over 60ºC

Japan Nuclear Expert: “Humanity as whole has literally never experienced” something like Fukushima — “We will be fighting this radiation on the order of tens or hundreds of years” (VIDEO)

May 10, 2012
Krypton-85 doubles inside Reactor No. 2 — At highest level since year began

Researcher: Japan accepting 20 millisieverts of radiation as safe “could lead to a public health disaster”

May 9, 2012
Shocking Report: Rumors of stressed-out Fukushima nuclear workers attacking women

Joe Rogan on No. 4 Fuel Pool at Fukushima: Nuclear power like summoning a demon — It poisons environment and anyone who gets near it dies a horrible death (VIDEO)

May 8, 2012
Koide: Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 “was caused to tilt” after the explosion, worried about great danger from pool falling down — NISA: “We confirmed it was not leaning, we think there is no problem with the building” (VIDEOS)

Nuclear Professor: 5,000 Hiroshima bombs worth of cesium-137 in spent fuel pool No. 4 — “Low estimate” (VIDEO)

May 7, 2012
Kyodo: More than 25 Koriyama schools with high radiation areas — At least 19 nursery and elementary schools affected — 60km from Fukushima Daiichi

Bellona: Concerns loom ever larger at Fukushima as experts warn of No. 4 fuel pool’s unstable condition with increasing worry

May 6, 2012
Caldicott: Fukushima radiation will be reaching you quite soon on US West Coast — I don’t think I’d be surfing (VIDEO)

German TV Interview on Fukushima: More and more people living in highly contaminated places are dying of heart disease because of cesium (VIDEO)

May 5, 2012
Japan Nuclear Expert: “We don’t even know at this point where the melted down core is” under Reactors No. 1, 2 or 3 (VIDEO)

More from Sen. Wyden: Fukushima spent fuel absolutely a national security issue — Radiation caused by pool failure “could reach the West Coast within days”

May 4, 2012
U.S. Seafood Provider Testing for Fukushima Contamination: “Growing concern for potential radiation affecting the nation’s seafood” — ‘Trace’ amounts may have been present in ‘rare’ cases

May 3, 2012
U.S. Seafood Provider Testing for Fukushima Contamination: “Growing concern for potential radiation affecting the nation’s seafood” — ‘Trace’ amounts may have been present in ‘rare’ cases

Joe Rogan on Fukushima and Nuclear Power: If these reactors keep messing up, we’re going to have giant areas of our world contaminated and dead for 100,000s of years — That’s the reality we’re operating under (VIDEO

May 2, 2012
Cleaning up radiation hopeless, says writer: “There is no end” — “We adults have to bear a responsibility for the future” — “Impossible to decontaminate vast forested areas, and Japan is a country of forests and mountains”

Report: Tepco taking vacation from Fukushima for week-long holiday?

May 1, 2012
Asahi: Fukushima chief Yoshida felt “explosion occurred in the containment vessel” at Reactor No. 2 — Yet none of 4 special investigations have explained why it will only hold 2 feet of water

April 30, 2012
Japan Physicians Demand Answers: 90% of urine samples contaminated with cesium in city 200km from Fukushima

April 29, 2012
33% of prized bird species disappears after summer near Fukushima — Those making it back “were in a poor condition” says New Zealand gov’t researcher

April 28, 2012
Video: Corium from Fukushima causing increase in radon-222?

Tokyo Suburb: Children playing on dirt with “huge amounts of radioactivity” — Includes alpha particles — Cesium levels so high it prevented identification of other isotopes (VIDEO)

April 27, 2012
Source: Black substance over 500 microSv/h detected 70km from Fukushima Daiichi (PHOTO)

Kyodo: Gov’t says 1,000s in Fukushima need “immediate psychological care” after filling out survey — Trouble sleeping and concentrating

April 26, 2012
NHK: “Unclear” whether any of Japan’s stopped reactors can be restarted

April 25, 2012
150km from Fukushima Daiichi: Radioactive plumes continued during summer — Fallout was re-suspended during daytime by daily convection due to sunshine

April 24, 2012
Book by Fukushima Worker: Bottom of Daini reactor may be ‘broken through’ — Rumors of possible explosion

Tepco to dump groundwater from under reactor buildings into ocean — Kyodo: 1,000 tons a day; “Tepco would check contamination level before releasing it”

Washington Post: Closing reactors causing a “mess” after “non-catastrophic” Fukushima crisis — Argues for building more nuke plants in US

Inspection sheds light on Fukushima torus

April 23, 2012
New Interview: Fukushima poses lethal risk to US West Coast, says Senator — Another bomb waiting to go off — Extreme nuclear vulnerability, especially in Reactor No. 4

Prime Minister Kan: Radiation disaster ‘would hit the world’ if Fukushima Daiichi was evacuated — ‘No longer a question of only Japan’ — Worry over current state of plant

April 22, 2012
HuffPo: Large amounts of radioactive materials could be deposited across 1,000s of miles if water lost at Fukushima fuel pool — Media just beginning to grasp that danger to world is far from over -Nuclear Expert

April 21, 2012
CNN: Fukushima Daiichi engineer says “we still don’t know what’s going on inside the reactors” — Cold shut down “wasn’t true then, and it’s still not true today”

April 20, 2012
MSNBC: Fukushima radiation “much higher than expected” says biologist — Negative effects to happen quicker than at Chernobyl… and be worse

Japan Gov’t: Monitoring shows relatively high radiation dose rate in Chiba ~200km from Fukushima; Tochigi, Gunma too — Necessary to continuously confirm accumulation and migration of radioactive substances

April 19, 2012
Deutsche Welle: 15 of Japan’s nuclear reactors are currently shut down due to damage

German state-run TV: “Reports from Japanese journalists confirm what anti-nuclear activists fear: the situation in Fukushima is much worse than gov’t is letting on”

April 18, 2012
Japan Times: The Titanic and The Nuclear Fiasco — “Catastrophic effects of Fukushima fiasco are more far-reaching and long lasting” — “Name has already become synonymous with disaster”

Study: “Increases in frequency of selective deaths due to mutations” as consequence of Fukushima — “Results suggest significant mortality costs of low-dose radiation” — 0.05 microSv/h considered contaminated

*Listen* Gundersen: As much cesium in No. 4 fuel pool as in all 800 atom bombs ever dropped — Fukushima would be at one place, at one time, and on ground level (AUDIO, 30 min.)

April 17, 2012
NHK: No spent fuel removal at No. 4 until Fall 2013 at earliest — Reactor building to be demolished (VIDEO)

Confirmed: 35-ton machine “sitting on top of the spent fuel rack in the pool” of Reactor No. 3 — Extent of damage not yet known (VIDEOS)

April 16, 2012
Book: Reactor No. 4 deformed in front of our eyes, says Fukushima worker — Walls morphed like special effects from movie — No large explosion, yet building destroyed

April 15, 2012
Tepco: Another thermometer breaks at Fukushima — Now only one left at bottom of Reactor No. 2 pressure vessel

April 14, 2012
Japan Times Headline: Machine fell into MOX spent-fuel pool -Tepco — “Highly dangerous mixed oxide fuel”

April 13, 2012
Kyodo: Tepco finds 35-ton machine fallen in No. 3 fuel pool — Appears to have dropped on nuclear fuel racks (VIDEO)

Tepco Press Conference: SFP No. 4 heat exchanger restarted — New photos released of debris inside SFP No. 3 — Reactor No. 1 temperature “started to rise noticeably” (PHOTOS)

Temperature doubles in a day at No. 4 Spent Fuel Pool (VIDEO)

April 12, 2012
Ex-Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Operator: Fuel rods still active and alive — Most worried about recriticality — Tepco must measure neutrons near core (VIDEO)

April 11, 2012
Gundersen: No. 3 fuel pool worse off than No. 4 — Mechanically it’s rubble, the pool is rubble — Nobody has even gotten near it yet (AUDIO, 30 min.)

Nuclear Expert: Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 likely to shatter or collapse onto its side in a M7.0 quake (AUDIO)

April 10, 2012
Radiation from Japan found in kelp off U.S. West Coast

Japan Magazine: Gov’t planning to build 88km wall around Fukushima evacuation zone

Goodard Journal’s analysis indicates steam explosion at Reactor No. 3 — NRC discussed steam explosion ejecting entire core (VIDEOS)

April 9, 2012
WATCH: Japan lawmakers warned about Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 during testimony of former ambassador (VIDEOS)

April 8, 2012
Fukushima will start burning radioactive waste — 100,000 Bq/kg to be incinerated — 1 billion pounds of debris in exclusion zone -Mainichi

*NEW* Goddard’s Journal: Did Fukushima Unit 3 Fuel Pool Explode? (VIDEO)

April 7, 2012
MSNBC on Reactor No. 2: It is beyond human capability, “problem gets worse and worse and worse” — The really bad news is this is the good news, as they can’t even determine what is going on at Reactors No. 1 and 3 (VIDEO)

Report from Japan: Fukushima doctors can’t express anxieties about radiation or say things that are against what medical leaders decide to make public (AUDIO)

April 6, 2012
Osaka Mayor: Japan will collapse if reactors are restarted hastily — Asahi: New safety standards for restarts written in just two days

AP: US blasts tsunami ‘ghost ship’ with cannons — Sinks after multiple attempts — Huge column of smoke seen over gulf — Was to be salvaged, but “inspection showed the ship was not worth saving”

April 5, 2012
WSJ: Possible Fukushima Leak Renews Concerns About Plant’s Stability — AP: Officials say no ‘immediate’ health threat

Radiation Threatening Japanese Delicacies

April 4, 2012
Japan Gov’t Study: Fukushima radiation reached Alaska via ocean in under a month

Video shows dark smoke from Fukushima Daiichi blowing over Japan on Mar. 15, 2011 after explosion at Reactor No. 3

April 3, 2012
Forever: Iodine-129 “a growing radiological risk” — 15.7 million year half-life — Almost undetectable — Traveled along with iodine-131 from Fukushima — Concentrates in hotspots

April 2, 2012
Host says Fukushima Daiichi was on fire before tsunami hit (AUDIO & VIDEO)

April 1, 2012
Fukushima monthly fallout now 10 times higher than last September

March 31, 2012
Local Official: Japan gov’t did not reveal plutonium-241 detection — Radiation dose was 50 times higher than total of other three plutonium isotopes that were mentioned (VIDEO)

March 31, 2012
Possible smoke at Fukushima Daiichi? (VIDEOS)

March 29, 2012
Possible smoke at Fukushima Daiichi? (VIDEOS)

New Analysis: Large amount of radioactive materials had discharged through breach in primary containment at Reactor No. 2

March 28, 2012
Japan Radiation Professor: “Fukushima City needs to be evacuated”

NHK: Suppression chamber “may have been destroyed” at Reactor No. 2 (VIDEO)

March 27, 2012
Radiation spiked near Fukushima — Highest in months for Iwate, double normal levels

Probe at Japan's crippled nuke plant finds fatal radiation levels

March 26, 2012

German TV: Armageddon if Spent Fuel Pool No. 4 collapses and melts down — Could change the world — Most likely consequence is that reactors 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 get out of control — Interview with nuclear engineer (VIDEO)

*Watch* Interviewer: Do you believe Tepco is ready to run nuclear plants? — Tepco after 20 seconds of total silence: “That is a difficult question” (VIDEO)

March 25, 2012
Watch: Japan’s top nuclear official freezes when questioned — Remains motionless for over a minute (VIDEO)

March 24, 2012
Radiation dose triples at Tokyo monitoring post early Sunday — Doubles at another

March 23, 2012
US Gov’t: Widespread contamination throughout northern Japan, including Tokyo — “Entire region would be required to be posted as radiological area”

ANOTHER: Plutonium-239 was detected at almost 8,000 CPS near Iwaki, 50km south of Fukushima Daiichi — Found at multiple locations (MAP & VIDEO)

Kyodo: “Fear of radiation creeping south” — Tokyo area may be in danger says Japan professor

March 22, 2012
Report: Plutonium ratio 200 times higher than gov’t claims, professor surprised — Detection made 50km south of Fukushima Daiichi (RESULTS)

Fukushima gov’t deleted radiation forecast data starting day of quake — Can’t confirm who did it

March 21, 2012
Kyodo: Radioactive water leak at nuclear plant near Fukushima — May have flowed into ocean

Listen: Serious long term concern as Fukushima’s “bizarre” melted fuel interacts with environment — Release of radionuclides now poses much longer threat compared to initial meltdowns — “We know very little” says lead author (AUDIO & VIDEO)

March 20, 2012

Nuclear expert back from Japan: People in Tokyo “basically walking on radioactive waste everyday” (AUDIO)

“Highest Level Yet”: Soaring cesium level in Iitate soil, survey finds — So radioactive it would have to be buried in ferroconcrete partitions -Kyodo

March 19, 2012
Press Conference: We like to tell some serious news today — Seems that radioactive substances are “combining together” — “We are seriously wondering how much radiation has been spread” (VIDEO)

March 18, 2012
Japan Times article refers to possibility of fuel melting through containment vessels — Also known as ‘China Syndrome’

March 17, 2012
Analysis: Melted fuel completely penetrated concrete in under 15 hours at GE Mark I — Shows little decline in speed (CHART)

March 16, 2012
Fukushima Report reveals fire created “8 square meter hole in the wall” at Reactor No. 4

WATCH: Radioactive plume map shows Fukushima contamination heading toward Hawaii (VIDEO)

March 15, 2012
Chernobyl Expert: Fukushima’s final toll will be worse — Multiple facilities, longer duration, population far more dense (RADIO)

NHK: Radiation levels too high for humans to continue at Reactors No. 2 and 3 — Workers must repair damage to suppression chambers (VIDEO)

March 14, 2012
Chernobyl Expert: Fukushima’s final toll will be worse — Multiple facilities, longer duration, population far more dense (RADIO)

Watch: Alpha radiation detected 50km south of Fukushima in Iwaki City — Up to 1,000 times more dangerous than beta or gamma equivalent (VIDEO)

March 13, 2012
3 Robots That Braved Fukushima

Very little stirring in nuclear ghost town

Fukushima Worker: “There is radiation that is coming from the ground” — “There are no rights being observed at the moment” (VIDEO)

March 12, 2012
‘Fukushima Fifty’ workers speak out: If you blamed Tepco for symptoms, told not to come back — 5,000 CPM internal radiation — “None of them trust anything TEPCO or gov’t says” -Asahi

Nuclear Expert: Fukushima 10 times worse than Chernobyl

259 citizens file suit to block restart of reactors in Fukushima

TEPCO president offers apology in speech at Fukushima nuclear plant

What Fukushima accident did to the ocean

March 11, 2012
Japan remembers earthquake, tsunami with silence, rallies

French nuclear specialists agree Fukushima “could still explode”, corium a threat — Reactors remain in meltdown says expert, molten lava could break through at any point

NHK Video: Core Fukushima details unknown — Where was “radioactive material” released from? How much was released? Did quake affect plant?

Gundersen: Entire north of Japan has a public health hazard

March 10, 2012
Asahi: Iodine-132 not considered in tests showing high thyroid radiation levels in Fukushima residents — Dose could be much greater

PBS’s Miles O’Brien: If radiation standards were enforced, there’d be a dramatically larger evacuation… “And that’s not going to happen” — “An eerie post-apocalyptic scene” around Fukushima (VIDEO)

March 9, 2012
Just-Published Study: Plutonium being found away from Fukushima is from nuclear fuel fragments blown out after explosions

L.A. Times: Speculation that “supercritical fission event” occurred at Fukushima reactor irradiating plutonium, says nuclear expert — Explosion so massive investigators found fuel rod fragments a mile away

March 8, 2012
Worker falls ill at Fukushima Daini — We confirmed no radioactive materials were adhered to the body -Tepco

Anonymous Korean official says radiation detections rising because two Fukushima reactors are currently leaking -Yonhap

March 7, 2012
Gov’t Memo: “One or more of the building explosions ejected radioactive material around the site” at Fukushima

Japan Nuke Agency: 14 reactors at 4 sites were affected on 3/11 — Fukushima Daiichi had most serious damage — Daini, Onagawa, and Tokai also

Japan Tsunami Anniversary: Fukushima Residents Live With Fear Of Radiation

Fukushima evacuees still in limbo as TEPCO drags its feet

Noda says no individual to blame for Fukushima nuclear crisis

One year after disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant, town remains frozen in time

March 6, 2012
From shovels to water -- radiation cleanup is trial and error

Analysis: Reactor No. 3 well cap appears to be fractured — Explosion and falling crane examined as possible causes (VIDEO)

Iodine-131 detected in recent Minamisoma tap water (LAB REPORT)

Fukushima residents seek immigration to South Korea

Japan disaster dims hopes for U.S. nuclear rebirth

March 5, 2012
DEVELOPING: “There is spent fuel and pellets and whatever all over the place around the plant” -NRC’s Top Man in Japan — Trying to clean it up, but dose still going to be incredible

ABC: Prime Minister Kan still worries about what would happen if area where people couldn’t live spread to 200 or 300 km — Leaked memo shows fears of radioactive cloud reaching Tokyo (AUDIO)

March 4, 2012
Report: government hid radiation simulation because it was "very, very bad'- Japan Professor- Showed serious contamination over wide area

March 3, 2012
Kyodo: Radiation forecast can 'by no means' be released to public decided government on March 15- Showed radioactive cloud could spend over Toyoka area

Yomiuri: Radiation fears more serious than expected- Hosono meeting almost every day with advertising agencies to discuss strategy for appealing to public

March 2, 2012
Just Published: Worst radiation plume from Fukushima was blown over Tokyo on March 14-15- "This was the main deposition event over Japan for the entire disaster"

NGO: Glowing blue tap water reported in Minamisoma, just north of meltdowns

Japan 'astonishingly unprepared' for Fukushima, reports concludes

March 1, 2012
WSJ Reporter: "Eerily quiet' at Fukushima given massive amount to be done- What really hit me is how much radiation levels vary around plant (video)

Fukushima Worker: We are treated like animals- Many spots where radiation

Prime Minister feared Japan would come under control of international community after Fukushima meltdown- U.S. and Russia in particular

February 29, 2012
Government feared nuclear crisis would engulf Tokyo, report shows

Fukushima's 'cold' reactors pose a constant threat

Containing Fukushima: Saving Japan from Itself (Part 1)

Containing Fukushima: Saving Japan from Itself (Part 2)

Fukushima contamination 'chronic and lasting'

February 28, 2012
Fukushima Nuclear Plant: Japan leaders feared 'Devil's Chain Reaction'

CNN: Look inside Fukushima's meltdown zone (video)

Fukushima nuke plant still vulnerable, says plant chief

CBS News: Japan government "collasped" during nuke crisis- Report- Details just beginning to emerge- Officials overwhelmed, terrified

NYT: Top Japan official warned of "denomic chain reaction" after Daiichi meltdowns- "We would lose Fukushima Daimi, then we would lose Tokai"- "We would lose Tokyo itself"

Yomiuri Jet Flyer: Walls of 'other structures' at Fukushima plant were also blown away

February 27, 2012
NRC officials suspected a 'detonation at Reactor No. 1 weeks before Gunderson postulated that scenario at No. 3

US Dept. of Energy memo indicates 'after-shock' resulted in explosion at Reactor No. 1: NRC Chairman

3 mayors snub Hosoni, Hirano over radioactive storage plan

February 26, 2012
Japan nuclear agency says hospital was too busy to properly treat victims after Fukushima

Watch: NHK Japan shows aerial footage at Fukushima- Helps grasp amount of contaminated liquid at plant (video)

February 25, 2012
Reports of nuclear fuel road pieces being ejected from Fukushima reactors and /or spent fuel rods

February 24, 2012
Asahi Source: Locations in chiba came under heavy nuclear fallout; Borders Tokyo- Contamination has potential to affect ecosystems

February 23, 2012
BBC's 'Inside the Meltdown': I'm getting 100 millisieverts here! 100 millisieverts: "Everyone not working take cover in the truck!" (Video)

NRC Transcript: Evacuation zone "would possibly have to get beyond 50 miles"

Kyodo: " Potentially up to six spent-fuel pools in a degraded condition-NRC Transcript

Okinawa snow event canceled over radiation fears

February 22, 2012
Gunderson in Japan: 1,000,000 additional cancers from Fukushima over next 20 years- Based on university studies at Three Mile Island

Report indicated five Fukushima workers have most likely received a fatal dose of radiation- NRC Transcript

February 21, 2012
NHK: 42% of residents' radiation exposure tops annual limits- Survey excluded people working in places with high radioactivity

February 20, 2012
Tokyo Professor: government was in fact lying to us constantly

February 19, 2012
Canada denies refugee status to Japanese trying to excape Fukushina radiation

February 18, 2012
Prime Minister Kan considered possiblility of all six reactors melting down- "Up until around March 15, we were losing ground to the invisible eneny- Japan Times

February 17, 2012
Radiation attatched to face of Fukushima worker around Reactor No. 3 who waas collecting debris

February 16, 2012
Tepco no longer monitoring thermometer- Temperature remains steady- Will stop added water injections if government says it's reasonable

February 15, 2012
Fukushima nuclear Disaster: Plant planned tsunami risk assessment, but too late

WSJ: Troubling questions raised by thermometer at No. 2

Mainichi: Japan government seeking more date to treat people with radiation exposure

Officials defends secrecy over worst-case nuclear disaster scenario

February 14, 2012
Japanese medical experts deeply concerned about children's radiation exposure- 51% of kids contaminated with cesium-137 at Fukushima hospital

M6 quake hits eastern Japan; Fukushima nuclear plant safe

February 13, 2012
Bloomberg: Reactor No. 2 temperature breaches safety level- Now almost double Feb. 1 level

Mystery: Radioactive black substance reported 25km from Fukushima

February 12, 2012
Official: Flakes fell like show after first Fukushima explosion " it was like a movie"

February 11, 2012
NHR: Tepco "believes" Reactor No. 2 is in a state of cold shutdown (video)

February 10, 2012
Japan Media: "Wasteland" at Fukushima Daimi perfect place for Tepco to set-up decomtamination factory

February 9, 2012
Officials make first inspection of Fukushima Daini: Still using temporary cooling- Cores dinn't "seriously" overheat- Most important task is keeping reactors in 'cold shutdown'

February 8, 2012
Former Prime Minister's special adviser: Fukushima "opened Pandora's box"- Crisis far from resolved

Japan Times: "Massive amounts of slurry, a mixture of sand and water, have been prepared to contain radioactive materials as a last resort"

Guardian on Cold Shutdown: Top official conceded they have 'no idea' about location of molten fuel, but 'assume' it is resting at bottom of containment vessels-Tepco: No. 2 temp "seems to be close to peaking out"

February 7, 2012
Tepco: Recriticality "probably" did not occur at Reactor No. 2- "difficult to judge" whether temperature rising or falling

Bloomberg: "Nuclear reaction threat" as temperature rises- head of Japan nuke institute: "Nobody is sure about the location of melted fuel- a similar incident will probably occur again"

U.S. government kept worst-case Fukushima scenario secret from public- "Possibility of radiation exceeding safe levels for thyroid doses in Alaska"

February 6, 2012
Asahi: Tepco checking if "chain of nuclear fission has occurred again in melted fuel" at Reactor No. 2 after temperature rises sharply

FOX DC: Temperature soars mysteriously inside Fukushima nuclear plant, despite pumping in more water

February 5, 2012
FNN": Temperature rising at Reactor No. 2 pressure vessel (video)- Fukushima worker more worried about No. 2 than No. 4

February 4, 2012
Yomiuri Headline: 573 deaths "related to nuclear crisis"

Professor on NHK: Study to help look at what Fukushima's impact on humans might be 300 years from now (video)

February 3, 2012
More leaks found at crippled Japan Nuclear Plant

Official admits decontamination only for reducing EXTERNAL exposure to radiation........

February 2, 2012
Reuters: Major new leak at Japan's nuclear plant- Frozen pipe burst in Reactor No. 4- Tepco checking other reactors for similar problems

February 1, 2012
Asahi column: Nuclear explosion at Unit No. 3 would have blown reator vessel to pieces

Tepco sends emergency email to journalists: Leakage at Reactor No. 4- "They assume the water is from the well of the reactor"

Mayor of village near Fukushima plant urges residents to return to homes

January 31, 2012
Asahi on "unusual" Fukushima information: Reactor No. 5 had inadequate quake protecton- Official to conduct thorough investigation after Tepco found no "clear damage"

January 30, 2012
Local governmant survey: Deteriorating health reported by residents- 60% affected after fleeing radiation- were 40km from the plant

Impossible? Worst-case scenario prompted government to send reinforcements to Fukushima plant

Scientists studying effects of radiation on flora, fauna in Fukushima

Japan's emissions rising after nuclear crisis

January 29, 2012
Tepco: Frozen water ruptures pipes at Fukushima plant- cooling system stops at spent fuel poll no.4

Asahi: Sources say about 1,000 kinds of radiation materials released from Fukushima reactors

January 28, 2012
Top Tokyo doctor dealing with nuclear workers demands government step in at Fukushima plant for safety reasons

January 27, 2012
CNN: Outrage as animal carcasses litter region around Fukushima plant

Journal: Unprecedented phenomenon from using saltwater in Fukushima reactors- forming new uranium compounds able to travel long distances......


January 26, 2012
16 of Japan's top pro-nuke experts: "We deeply apologize to the public" for the Fukushima crisis

January 25, 2012
Fukushima exclusion zone a ghost town

Japanese officials peep damaged Fukushima reactor, catch a glimpse of gamma rays


January 24, 2012
NHK:Tepco says increase of radioactive releases is from workers going in and out of Reactor 2

Tepco admits radiation from Fukushima increasing- Now releasing 70,000,000 Bq/hr- Reactor 3 leaking most

January 23, 2012
NHK: No records of government meeting on Fukushima- Decided evacuation zones, food restrictions, more- Violation of law- Also missing for metting with Tepco

January 22, 2012
Japan Times: Radiation problelms will continue for a very long time- Complete disclosure needed- Nuclear issues have come home to roost- Praise for Nuke-free conference in Yokohama

January 21, 2012
Report: Concern Reactor 2 will not last long enough to begin removing melted fuel- PCV wall very corroded

January 20, 2012
8 trillion Becquerels of cesium found in pit of water at Reactor 2

Japan nuclear professor warns melted fuel may NOT be covered by water at Reactor 2

MAINICHI: Japan now looking to Chernobyl info for help dealing with human health effects of nuclear meltdown- will enable government to implement "effective measures"

January 19, 2012
Radiation, rusty metal seen in tsunami hit reactor

Fukushima worker: Camera can resist 1000 sieverts, today it was broken- Spots on images show radioactivity- Tepco yet to measure radiation level

Kyodo: Camera endoscope enters inside Fukushima Reactor No. 2- Difficulty finding melted fuel?

January 18, 2012
Mainichi: Highly radioactive gravel used at local schools- Anger and anxiety spreading

January 17, 2012
Government to probe radioactive apartment block

Cesium fallout in Fukushima spikes again- highest levels since day after New Year's quake

Just in: Another Fukushima cleanup worker dies- found collasped after removing radioactive soil

Spent fuel pool cooling systems at Fukushima Daiichi and Daini stopped after power supply problem

January 16, 2012
NHK-3.75 sieverts per hour was detected far aboue reactor 3 by helicopters dumping water on March 16

Fukushima reactor designer: Meltdown would have likely occurred WITHOUT tsunami- serious investigation on horizon? NYT

NHK: Radioactive homes being built in Japan- Government admits no radiation standards set

January 15, 2012
Mainichi: Nuclear scientist/Nagasaki survivor cancelled Fukushima press conference because government worried about causing widespread fear

Japan official: Fukushima nearly as serious as being attacked by nuclear weapons- If facts were known citizens might have left Tokyo (video)

January 14, 2012
Governmants refuse to provide funds to research Fukushima- "Virtually zero monitoring"- "Disconcerting how big of an event Fukushima was and how little date are out there"

January 13, 2012
Report: Radiation levels double within 20 days of decontaminatioin by Japan forces

Radiation levels spike in Miyagi milk- highest since March

French nuclear expert warns against trip to Fukushima City- for Louvre artwork- decontaminating would be a complex operation

January 12, 2012
Kyodo: Worker at Fukushima Nuclear Plant dies

January 11, 2012
N-zones may keep 25,000 from home

JiJI: 5 billion Becquerels of Beta radiation in 10 liters of decontaminated water- includes strontium and cesium

January 10, 2012
Watch: 10-fold spike in Fukushima radioactivity discussed at TEPCO press conference- I suppose it was blown up by wind says spokesman

UPDATE: Fukushima worker in coma- TEPCO trying to determine accumulated radiation dose

January 9, 2012
Just In: Fukushima DAINI reactor has broken containment vessel, says Tokoyo professor- probablly caused by quake, not tsunami

Noda presses Fukushima to accept waste storage plan

January 6, 2012
Fukushima worker concerned about withdrawal from plant-Japan nuke companies shifting staff away

January 5, 2012
Over half of claimants yet to receive compensation from TEPCO

Report: 3 quakes right underneath Fukushima nuke plant- JNN live camera down immediately after- No word from
TEPCO, Government

January 4, 2012
Fukushima Whistleblower: container vessel melting like honeycomb

Japan Experts: Unknown if radiation will decrease over time- may rise again as highly contaminated debris comes from mountains

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda: Fukushima area will see rebirth

January 3, 2012
Tepco: Recent quake caused water level drop in tank next to spent fuel pool no. 4

IEEE: Fukushima unprecedented in scope- situation appeared utterly beyond human control

No- man's land attests to Japan's nuclear nightmare

December 30, 2011
Gov't wants to buy abandoned Fukushima land to store radioactive waste

December 29, 2011
UN Agency: Reactor 3 exploded a second time 24 hours later...

Fukushima governor strongly demands Tepco decommission and dismantle all 10 nuclear reactors

December 28, 2011
Japan Times: China Syndrone was near at Reactor No. 2, believed Fukushima boss Yoshida

Prime Minister Kan: If Fukushima reactors melted down, its severity "would far exceed that of the Chernobyl accident

No-man's land attests to Japan's nuclear nightmare

December 27, 2011
Top Japan Official: Very strong possibility there is nuclear fuel outside containment vessel

Japan's response to disaster confused, full of errors, report says

December 23, 2011
NRC official tells Japan: We don't understand what's going on in Fukushima reactors

December 22, 2011
Gunderson: Government dumping radioactive material into Tokoyo Bay- contaminated seaweed found in area

Nuclear Expert: one million cancers from Fukushima in Japan over next 20 years

Chernobyl Consultant: Fukushima decommisioning more complex since more melted fuel- level of decastation remains unknown

December 21, 2011
Kyodo: Ceiling at Japan reactor catches fire-just 100km from Fukushima

Government to check Fukushima kids for congential abnormalities linked to radiation-"Rising public concern" about contamination

December 20, 2011
Nuclear Expert: "Unit 4 is looking more and more like the leaning tower of Pisa right now"

December 19, 2011
NRC says reactor # 2 "burned continuously for several days" after meltdown- Hydrogen "ignited"

Hatoyama calls for Fukushima nuclear plant to be nationalized

Japan's media dismiss Noda's cold shutdown declaration

December 15, 2011
Japan to declare Fukushima nuclear plant in stable condition

December 14, 2011

TEPCO must get fisherman's OK before dumping radioactive water into sea: Edano

Google street view explores Japan disaster zone

December 12, 2011

After Fukushima, the nuclear industry wonders what's next

Radioactive water leaks inside Genkai nuclear plant

Ex-chief of Fukushima nuclear plant has cancer: TEPCO

December 9, 2011

U.S. official: Fukushima fuel worries were justified

TEPCO considers dumping more tainted water into sea

Japan Fukushima Plant Stable By Year's End, Says PM

December 8, 2011

Nuclear reactor in Fukui to be shut down due to cooling valve glitch

December 7, 2011

Nuclear Expert: Tepco is admitting they are very close to
China Syndrome at Fukushima, where melted fuel penetrates Earth

SMH: Too late to flee Fukushima fallout? Refugees discuss bizarre
rashes- doctor talks of purple spots, concerned about Tokyo Radiation

December 6, 2011
Radiation traces found in Japanese baby formula

December 5, 2011
TEPCO reveals new contaminated water leak at Fukushima plant

Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant

Workers at Fukushima nuclear plant recall desperation

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant:
Highly Radioactive Water Leaks From Crippled Japanese Facility

December 2, 2011
JapanToday's Quote of the Day

December 1, 2011
Fukushima governor wants all 10 nuclear reactors in prefecture scrapped

Study shows deeper meltdown than thought at Fukushima nuclear reactor

November 29, 2011
Radiation hotspot in Chiba linked to Fukushima

November 28, 2011
Rice from 5 Fukushima farms shows high radiation levels

Radioactive strontium found in 3 locations in Tokyo

Growers attempting to 'decontaminate' fruit trees in Fukushima

November 22, 2011
Vindicated seismologist say Japan still understimates threat to reactors

November 21, 2011

Future cancers caused by Fukushima radiation may be hidden

Fukushima school radiation monitoring equipment failure causes delay

Hosono gives up salary over dumping of radioactive soil by environment ministry official

Snake robot offers new twist on nuclear cleanup

Fukushima Plant Disaster Long Term Effects Still Unknown

November 18, 2011
Honso gives up salary over dumping of radioactive soil by environment ministry official
Kyodo: Number of births declined significantly in Fukushima & Tokyo between April & June

November 17, 2011
Government eyes Fukushima rice ban after high level of cesium detected

November 16, 2011
IAEA praises Fukushima clean-up

November 15, 2011
Parts of Japan too radioactive to farm-says international researchers
New study maps spread of Fukushima fallout

November 14, 2011
Inside Fukushima: Tour of Japan's crippled plant shows rubble amid progress

November 9, 2011
25% of displaced Fukushima resints do not wish to return home again: survey

November 8, 2011
Tokyo starts radiation checks on city's food
Japanese firm unveils robot suit for nuclear workers

November 5, 2011
Japan's new crisis: radioactive waste disposal

November 4, 2011
Japan's government approves Y900 bill to aid TEPCO
Find out true reactor conditions

November 3, 2011
No uncontrolled chain reaction at Fukushima nuclear plant: TEPCO

November 2, 2011
New fission suspected at Fukushima nuclear plant
Fresh radioactive leaks question stability of Fukushima plants

November 1, 2011
Damaged reactors at nuclear plant could take 30 years to retire
Lawmaker drinks decomtaminated water from Fukushima plant

October 31, 2011
Thousands rally for Fukushima compensation, decontamination
3D Japan quake animations may help visualize temblors

October 30, 2011
Forestry Agency to test Fukushima cedar pollen for radioactivity
Gov't announces plan to store radioactive soil in Fukushima

October 29, 2011
Decommissioning Fukushima nuclear plant likely to take 30 years

October 28, 2011
Fukushima nuclear pollution in sea was world's worst: French institute

October 27, 2011
Fukushima Plant May Have Emitted Double Radiation Than Estimated
Radioactive Used Cars Being Sold in Japan

October 26, 2011
5.2 quake jolts Fukushima Prefecture

October 25, 2011
Fukushima a chance to reform Japan's mental health care system: WHO

October 24, 2011
Radiation hotspot in Chiba linked to Fukushima: officials
Japan, France agree to boost efforts on nuclear safety

October 22, 2011
Radiation hotspot found in residential Chiba

October 21, 2011
Greenpeace urges tougher radiation screening, seafood labeling rules

October 20, 2011
TEPCO group contracts Kyoto firms to incinerate Iwate debris

October 19, 2011
Fukushima City begins decontamination of homes

October 18, 2011
Fukushima reactor on track for cold shutdown by year-end: TEPCO

October 17, 2011
Used suits - photo

October 16, 2011
Japan feared aftershocks at nuclear plant, report shows

October 14, 2011
IAEA team urges gov't to focus on reducing radiation danger to public
Radiation likely came from radium in bottles beneath floor of empty house

October 13, 2011
Stringent tests planned to map radiation spread after hotspot found in Setagaya
Setagaya radiation likely came from bottles beneath floor of unoccupied house
Fukushima rice given all-clear after radiation tests
Radioactive strontium found on Yokohama condo rooftop

October 12, 2011
Officials Find Small Radiation Hotspot in Tokyo
Last evacuee shelter closes in Ishinomaki

October 11, 2011
Gov't revises standard for decontamination work

October 10, 2011
Quake hits nuclear crisis zone, but plant stable
Fukushima starts thyroid tests for children
Damage control

October 9, 2011
IAEA team arrives in Fukushima to observe decontamination effort

October 7, 2011
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant worker dies

October 6, 2011
Contaminated soil found outside Fukushima no-go zone

October 5, 2011
IAEA to send 12 experts to help with Fukushima decontamination

October 4, 2011
Radioactive ash causes Kashiwa incinerators to shut down

October 3, 2011
Hula girls' spa reopens in Fukushima
Japan's post-tsunami tourism industry haunted by nuclear fears

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