Monday, May 23, 2011

TEPCO Acknowledges Three Reactors in Meltdown

TOKYO - TOKYO Electric Power Co, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disabled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, confirmed on Tuesday that there were meltdowns of fuel rods at three of the plant's reactors early in the crisis.

It had said earlier this month that fuel rods in the No. 1 reactor had melted, but officials of the utility, known as Tepco, confirmed at a news conference that there were also meltdowns of fuel rods at the plant's No. 2 and No. 3 reactors early in the crisis.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sadly, the Fukushima disaster is pretty much off people's radar in the US.

ADD is rampant, unfortunately. Let's hope it doesn't go away in Quitler's case.

Anonymous said...

The ground has also shifted and the buildings are leaning. Why aren't you reporting on that ?

Philip Munger said...

"The ground has also shifted and the buildings are leaning. Why aren't you reporting on that ?"

--- you have.