"Most of the fuel rods melted and damage to the core is most severe in the No.1 reactor, followed by the No. 3 and then No. 2," Tepco spokesman Junichi Matsumaoto said in Tokyo May 24

“Tepco knows more than they’ve said about the amount of radiation leaking from the plant.What we need is a full disclosure, a full inventory of radiation released including the exact isotopes.” Jan van de Putte, a specialist in radiation safety trained at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands said May 25,Tokyo

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Round up of news providing insights on the status of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in Japan for the week of May 23rd. Notable is an 87 page report released by TEPCO.

TEPCO REPORT - Released May 24, 2011

FUKUSHIMA NEWS UPDATES MAY 23-27

  • TEPCO confirms that Units 2 and 3 have also suffered core meltdown.TEPCO thinks core meltdown likely occurred directly following the Earthquake and Tsunami, that also rendered useless the well designed 3 tier emergency backup cooling systems
  • TEPCO confirmed that radioactive water has been leaking from a waste disposal building at the Fukushima complex which poses contamination risks to ground water and the Pacific Ocean see Reuters article May 26
  • Water used to cool the reactor cores is leaking from 3 reactor units
  • TEPCO concedes that both the reactor pressure vessels and primary containment vessels (designed to contain an accident) are probably leaking water see Daily Yomiuri Online article May 26

Euronews video May 24 - Tepco admits further meltdowns at Fukushima

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