03-15-2011, 06:50 AM
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12.55pm: The Kyodo news agency has a very useful update on the status, as of Tuesday evening in Japan, of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant:
Fukushima No. 1
Reactor No. 1 - Cooling failure, partial melting of core, vapor vented, hydrogen explosion, seawater pumped in.
Reactor No. 2 - Cooling failure, seawater pumped in, fuel rods fully exposed temporarily, damage to containment system, potential meltdown feared.
Reactor No. 3 - Cooling failure, partial melting of core feared, vapor vented, seawater pumped in, hydrogen explosion, high-level radiation measured nearby.
Reactor No. 4 - Under maintenance when quake struck, fire caused possibly by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, pool water levels feared receding.
Reactor No. 5 - Under maintenance when quake struck.
Reactor No. 6 - Under maintenance when quake struck.
Fukushima No. 2
Reactor No. 1 - Cooling failure, then cold shutdown.
Reactor No. 2 - Cooling failure, then cold shutdown.
Reactor No. 3 - Cold shutdown.
Reactor No. 4 - Cooling failure, then cold shutdown.
12.48pm: Documents from Japan's national institute of radiological sciences advising on decontamination procedure in the event of exposure to radiation from Fukushima have been translated into English in a Google doc (via @rick1 on Twitter).
General Decontamination Procedure (if water is unavailable)
• Remove your clothes and shoes and place them in a plastic bag.
• Wipe yourself down with cloth or a wet tissue (afterwards place the cloth or wipe in the plastic bag and throw the bag and its contents away).
General Decontamination Procedure (When water is available)
• Remove your shoes and clothes and place them in a plastic bag.
• Wipe yourself down with cloth or a wet tissue (afterwards place the cloth or wipe in the plastic bag and throw the bag and contents away).
Follow the procedure below if shower is available
• Wash your hair with shampoo.
• Wash your face. (with soap or body wash)
• Wash your body. Including the inside of your ears and under your fingernails (with soap or body wash)
• Wash the clothes in the laundry or if you are still concerned, dispose of the clothes.
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