News About Japan

The meltdowns  took place at the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, unlike plant operator TEPCO  had informed previously. Same like case of  No. 1 reactor, the melted fuel might created holes in the pressure vessel of the No. 3 reactor, according to TEPCO data. Goshi Hosono, [...]

Democratic lawmaker Edward Markey told a House of Representatives hearing on the nuclear disaster that the NRC had told him the core had melted through the vessel. Official from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on it was not clear that Japan’s Fukushima No. 2 nuclear reactor has melted through the reactor pressure vessel. “That’s [...]