The 2015 Fukushima Pinup Calendar - March
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Fukushima 50 Special: Unit 4 pool “had boiled dry, raising the spectre of a nuclear fission chain reaction” — Feared nearby nuclear plant would be evacuated
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Nuclear-friendly Magazine: Fukushima melted fuel is glowing, could still be ‘lava-like’ — Only vaguest idea of where corium is — Pouring concrete in structure being discussed — They may not be able to decommission plant, but have to give it a try
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Japan Times: Fukushima faces “insurmountable hurdle” if containment vessels are source of lethal radiation in reactor buildings
Japan Times: Walls are cracked below ground at Fukushima reactor buildings — “As if the damage above ground isn’t enough to worry about”
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Quake shifted Fukushima underground water and pushed it to surface all at once — Still gushing out 18 months later
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AP: Over 30 million tons of nuclear waste in Fukushima alone — Smoking mounds of disaster debris, possibly from spontaneous combustion
Anonymous Senior Tepco Employee: No one knows what to do at Fukushima, it’s impossible to fix — Reactors not under control — “We just can’t deal with the melted fuel”
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Explosion heard at Japan nuclear plant — “High possibility of meltdown” for reactor No. 1: Government
Japanese TV showing walls at power plant have crumbled
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Nuclear plant designer: Tokyo “supressing information” — Serious meltdown “highly likely”
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Fuel rods at Fukushima’s No. 2 reactor FULLY exposedUS Navy detects “radioactive plume” 100 miles from FukushimaRadioactive releases may continue for a YEAR or more even after fission has stopped: New York Times
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Analyst: What we have already is the worst case scenario at FukushimaAdvisory: “Radiation too high for TEPCO personnel to stay in Fukushima nuke plant control rooms”
Fukushima Report: Fire created “8 square meter hole in the wall” at Unit No. 4 — Fuel pool only 15 degrees from boiling point by March 14, explosion next day
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Official: Container of No.3 reactor feared damaged and leaking “high-level” radiation
NYTimes in ’93: Worst type of reactor accident is nuclear fuel melting, burning through vessel and reactor basement, then into earth
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Water cannon unable to spray reactor, turns away because radiation levels too high – NHK
Interim Report: Tepco prepared to airdrop ice into Reactor No. 1 Spent Fuel Pool — 3.5 tons brought to Fukushima
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March 18, 2011 Nuclear expert: “These things could go on for months — You could lose all six of the reactors”
Temperatures rise in Fukushima fuel pools after nearly 20 hours without power — Crews “scrambling” to fix problems — Tepco placing “highest priority” on Unit 4
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Asahi: The explosion at Fukushima Reactor 3 had seriously damaged Reactor 2 — “Worst possible case” was predicted soon after — Many workers abandoned facility
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Confusion: Radiation still being released from Fukushima — Officials don’t know where it is coming from
Japanese TV: Fukushima fuel cores have ‘molten-through’ containment vessels — Location of molten fuels is unknown — “Risk of re-criticallity” from filling vessels with water
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UPDATE: Neutron beams suggest uranium and plutonium have leaked and nuclear fission has occurred
NY Times: ‘Shameful’ situation at Fukushima — Tepco “seems unaware of what is happening” — Gov’t must take control of plant — “So little is understood about how to deal with the melted-down reactors”
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Fukushima radioactive iodine and cesium emissions nearing Chernobyl levels — Carried far by the wind and absorbed readily by humansBoiling Point: Reactor No. 4 spent fuel pool at 212 Fahrenheit
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Report: Radioactivity at 10 MILLION times usual levels at No. 2 reactor — Workers evacuated
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Fear of radiation a “psychiatric disorder” in Japan — The Cure? Have them work at decontaminating radiation, says doctor -Mainichi
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AP: “Hardly any cooling water inside one of the reactors” — Water level only 6% of estimate — Radiation at 10 times fatal dose
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TEPCO VP: Possibly years before crisis ends
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IAEA says Fukushima reactors may have achieved “re-criticality” — Increased radiation releases possible
NYT on Reactor No. 4: “Risk of another colossal radiation leak” if cooling problems arise, experts say — “Tepco has been racing to fortify crumpled outer shell”
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NYT: “Cores at three of plant’s reactors melted down, breaching their containment vessels” — Tepco maintains fuel stopped short of breaching containment vessels
Japan PM discusses restarting Fukushima Daiichi reactors — Safety to be confirmed?
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