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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said fuel in other reactors at its damaged nuclear plant may have melted, after confirming rods in the No. 1 unit had fallen from their assembly, potentially delaying plans to resolve the crisis. “The findings at the No. 1 reactor indicate the likelihood that the...

Fuel rods in the No 1 reactor of Japan's Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant may have mostly melted and dropped to the bottom of the pressure vessel as the water level in the vessel has been found to be significantly lower than thought, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday (May 12). The fuel...

Reuters) - One of the reactors at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has a hole in its main vessel following a meltdown of fuel rods, leading to a leakage of radioactive water, its operator said on Thursday. The disclosure by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is the latest...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said fuel rods are fully exposed in the No. 1 reactor at its stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, setting back the utility’s plan to resolve the crisis. The water level is 1 meter (3.3 feet) below the base of the fuel assembly, Junichi Matsumoto, a general...

We have at least three sources who believe that there is evidence of recriticality at Fukushima. What's troubling is that it is uncontrolled criticality. For those who don't know, this means the fission process is starting and stopping at random. Blue flashes of light have been witnessed at...

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japanese officials grappling on Sunday to end the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl were focusing on a crack in a concrete pit that was leaking radiation into the ocean from a crippled reactor. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in...

nuclear expert has warned that it might be 100 years before melting fuel rods can be safely removed from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. The warning came as levels of radioactive iodine flushed into the sea near the plant spiked to a new high and the Wall Street Journal said it had obtained...

Japan has finally conceded it has lost the battle to contain radiation at four of its crippled reactors and they will be closed down. Details of what that will entail have yet to be revealed, but officials said it would mean switching off all power and abandoning attempts to keep the nuclear...

Link Removed Tokyo. The radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor, experts say, raising fears of a major release of radiation at the site, the Guardian reported. The...

Helicopters doused 30 metric tons of water on pools used to cool spent fuel rods. No change in radiation levels was reported after four bombing runs, Kyodo News said citing the utility. Harmful radioactive material could be emitted from the rods if attempts to immerse them aren’t successful...

Link RemovedThis handout picture shows the damaged third (L) and fourth reactors of the TEPCO Fukushima No.1 power plant in Fukushima, north of Tokyo, March 16, 2011 Japan's government acknowledged Wednesday it might need the help of U.S. military forces to halt continuing radioactive emissions...

Water drop at one reactor twice left uranium fuel rods exposed, increasing risk of the spread of radiation and potential for a meltdown More Link Removed

Full or partial meltdowns possible at some reactors; radioactive steam releases might go on for months A second hydrogen explosion rocked Japan's seaside Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex today, this time destroying an outer building at unit 3 and injuring six workers. But officials asserted...

In addition to the damage caused by one of the biggest earthquakes in modern history, the nation of Japan and the rest of the world are praying that some of their nuclear reactors do not meltdown and cause a worldwide catastrophe. After yesterday's strong earthquake, electrical power was cut to...

Worse case scenario at over forty year old reactors . The United States would be in the direct line for exposure to radiation born on the wind , if the reactor or reactors melt down !