Corvallis Oregon, 5 Years of Compiled Radiation Data, Nicely Plotted

This incredible work was done by "pinksailmatt" of ENENEWS and as Citizen Scientist.

Because the EPA is taking more and more absurd measures to cover up  the data, the only way to put this together is with daily downloads from an amazingly clunky website.    The EPA site and data seems designed to DISCOURAGE anyone actually using the data.

The EPA  site "looks great" until you actually try to use it.

http://www2.epa.gov/radnet/near-real-time-and-laboratory-data-state

It is obvious that they are not interested in showing an extreme spikes, and whenever the Beta radiation hit 500 Click Per Minute CPM, they just cap the data at 500.   Or they disappear the data.


"must be bad data, it's high"

How to interpret the danger associated with these levels of radiation?   Use this simple chart.

http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/04/geiger-counter-interpretation.html

And you know, these people at EPA are making a high wage and huge benefits, all based on your tax dollars.     

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from the trenches-- Illegal Gag orders on "weather services"

 http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/government-implements-illegal-gag-order-on-national-weather-service-and-noaa-employees/144579

The power structure is beginning to panic as the public wakes up to the criminal climate engineering insanity. The growing police state is completely out of control and becoming unimaginably blatant with their actions. In recent weeks Washington has placed “gag orders” on the following agency employees, “The National Weather Service”, the “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration”, and the “US Department of Commerce”. This is a massive red flag that should trigger alarm bells everywhere.
Bill Hopkins, the executive president for the National Weather Service employees organization (NWSEO) said this:  

“As a taxpayer, I find it highly disturbing that a government agency continues to push gag orders to hide how they operate. This is the work of the American government, owned by the American public, and should be open to the American public.”

Jeff Ruch, the executive director “PEER” (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) said this about the “gag orders”.

“The National Weather Service is about the last place where national security-style secrecy rules need to be enforced,” Ruch noted that the broad scope of the gag orders put much of what goes on inside the agency under wraps.  “Everyone is free to talk about the weather except for the people working inside the National Weather Service. Go figure.”

Some time ago I personally spoke to an NOAA scientist that said “we all know it is going on (climate engineering) but we are afraid to speak out, we have no first amendment protection”. The new “gag order” is a further muzzling of the NWS and NOAA. It is likely there are many in the National Weather Service and NOAA that have had enough of lying about what is really going on in our skies.

What Does Nuclear and Raw Milk and Kimchee Have in Common?

Pretty much absolutely nothing.     Why are we talking about food at an anti-nuclear blog?    Well this really isn't an anti-nuclear blog, it's a health blog.

Our bodies are under attack from many directions, and obviously it shows in health statistics.    66% of all men will get cancer, compared to the 1800's and early 1900's in which about 6% got cancer.

GMO and GE food has not just the problem of it being GMO, but they are designed to have huge amount of pesticides and other herbicides sprayed on them.

Pesticides and Herbicides, in addition to industrial chemicals are hurting us.

The lack of beneficial bacteria in food, is hurting out "gut flora" and ability to digest and use food.

All of these on top of the attack by nuclear radiation and it's associated heavy metals, they all add up to what we are seeing.   We have widespread Bad Health served by an overpriced dysfunctional "Health Care" system which achieves, in the USA, not even mediocre results.
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Somehow, whether misguided or something more nefarious, the powers that be seem to like to attack that which is the most beneficial
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Raw_Milk_Farmer_Charged_For_Removing_Hidden_Government_Cameras_Spying_on_His_Property_/46874/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Health Benefits of Raw Milk

Today, raw milk refers to unprocessed, untreated milk straight from the cow. The milk you buy from the local supermarket nowadays is a different substance altogether. It has been pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, or homogenized. This liquid is not really milk. It is a chemically altered substance, heated to remove pathogens and bacteria and to prolong its shelf life. The resultant low-enzyme activity makes it difficult to digest, the altered fat content renders the vitamins and minerals difficult to absorb, and the residual drugs and antibiotics pose a threat to human health. On top of this, the naturally occurring beneficial bacteria have been destroyed.

The real issue is not whether raw milk obtained from grass-fed cows is safe. Rather, it’s that milk from commercially raised cows is actually dangerous to consume unless it is pasteurized. Factory-farmed animals are routinely fed an unnatural, high-protein soy- and corn-based diet and given shots of BGH (bovine growth hormone) to artificially increase milk production. This diet is so contrary to their biology that it causes severe illnesses that can only be combated by continually injecting the cows with antibiotics. These animals, kept in inhumane conditions far from their natural environment, are subject to enormous stresses. Drinking raw milk from these cows would be an exercise in stupidity.

Raw milk from healthy, grass-fed, and pasture-raised cows is in a league of its own. Organically raised cows are happy, fed on their natural diet of grass and other cow-friendly foods. They enjoy access to sunshine and pasture grazing in summer, and in winter they feast on nutritious hay or silage.
Natural health advocates have long cautioned against drinking milk because of the increased risk of ear infections, asthma, and eczema associated with its consumption. This applies only to commercially produced milk, not raw milk from organic farms. Raw milk actually helps protect against allergic reactions (link is external) and boosts the immune system.

Raw milk is an incredibly complex whole food, complete with digestive enzymes and its own antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-parasitic mechanisms conveniently built into a neat package. It is chock-full of both fat and water-soluble vitamins, a wide range of minerals and trace elements, all eight essential amino acids, more than 60 enzymes, and CLA— an omega-6 fatty acid with impressive effects on everything from insulin resistance to cancer to cardiovascular disease. Raw milk is delicious medicine.

http://www.drdeborahmd.com/hea...

10 Reasons to Drink Your Milk Raw

http://nourishedkitchen.com/10...

Kids Who Drink Raw Milk Have Less Asthma and Allergies

http://articles.mercola.com/si...

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Worry about stuff that matters AND that you can control.

The Paris Climate Conference is a farce, a deception to allow the real top powers that be, control over all the energy sources on the earth.

Oh, I almost forgot about Kimchee.     Korean Sauerkraut.     Lactofermented, and usually has hot peppers, garlic, and onion, pretty much all of the healthiest stuff in the world, all in one easy to eat forkfull.

http://www.kimcheelicious.com/p/kimchee-101.html

Nuclear Waste Dump Rammed Down the Throats of

On Nov 12, 2013.....

Trucks hauling dangerous uranium waste from Tennessee for burial in a landfill at the Nevada National Security Site will start rolling early next year despite objections from Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is powerless to stop them, federal officials said Tuesday.

Department of Energy officials insisted the strategy will be safe despite questions about the suitability of disposing potent, highly radioactive nuclear material in trenches deeper than 40 feet in the southeast part of the former Nevada Test Site.

Kevin Knobloch, chief of staff to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, said Nevada cannot veto the disposal plan at the government’s self-regulated site, 65 miles north of Las Vegas

story here
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/doe-nuclear-waste-move-nevada-start-2014

 critics were, well, critical

Because of the high percentage of atom-splitting bomb ingredients, the material should not be permanently buried as low-level waste in a landfill because it doesn’t meet Nuclear Regulatory Commission low-level radioactive waste guidelines, said Michael Voegele, former Yucca Mountain Project chief scientist who works as a consultant to Nye County.

Some critics have noted the DOE quietly changed its waste-acceptance criteria in May so that the Oak Ridge canisters could be disposed of as low-level waste that’s five times more radioactive than previously allowed.

The nukists that be like to call this type of disposal "trenches" which gives the mental imagery of, you know, that trench you dug in your yard so you could put a water pipe to the garden.   You know, small and harmless.

These "trenches" are nothing of the sort, they are more simply and accurately just elongated huge open pits, most don't even have a liner to protect aquifers.

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Now fast forward to today, complete governmental incompetence and direct lies.   Par for the course.

From the first article below

State officials say the fire started in one of 22 covered trenches used to store low-level radioactive material like gloves or lab equipment.

 Just like WIPP, always the lies about "gloves", when in fact what "low level" is called allows up to 7 curies per liter---which is a huge amount of radiation, enough to contaminate 1 Billion Costco Chickens from 1 liter (1 quart)

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/residents-want-answers-about-why-us-ecology-fire-started

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/cellphone-video-captures-us-ecology-explosion

 

A Great Post On Troll Tactics - Propaganda

https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation

One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control online discourse with extreme tactics of deception and reputation-destruction. It’s time to tell a chunk of that story, complete with the relevant documents.
Over the last several weeks, I worked with NBC News to publish a series of articles about “dirty trick” tactics used by GCHQ’s previously secret unit, JTRIG (Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group). These were based on four classified GCHQ documents presented to the NSA and the other three partners in the English-speaking “Five Eyes” alliance. Today, we at the Intercept are publishing another new JTRIG document, in full, entitled “The Art of Deception: Training for Online Covert Operations.”
By publishing these stories one by one, our NBC reporting highlighted some of the key, discrete revelations: the monitoring of YouTube and Blogger, the targeting of Anonymous with the very same DDoS attacks they accuse “hacktivists” of using, the use of “honey traps” (luring people into compromising situations using sex) and destructive viruses. But, here, I want to focus and elaborate on the overarching point revealed by all of these documents: namely, that these agencies are attempting to control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp online discourse, and in doing so, are compromising the integrity of the internet itself.
Among the core self-identified purposes of JTRIG are two tactics: (1) to inject all sorts of false material onto the internet in order to destroy the reputation of its targets; and (2) to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable. To see how extremist these programs are, just consider the tactics they boast of using to achieve those ends: “false flag operations” (posting material to the internet and falsely attributing it to someone else), fake victim blog posts (pretending to be a victim of the individual whose reputation they want to destroy), and posting “negative information” on various forums. Here is one illustrative list of tactics from the latest GCHQ document we’re publishing today:.........see link at top

2 Evil Thoughts of The Day On Cancer and Energy

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Those involved in the Cancer and Radiation treatment fields have come up with articles which attempt to make a point that "we can't prove it is the radiation causing cancers".    And they are caught in bald faced lies.

Why is that?   Because radiation and heavy metals associated with the whole supply chain of the nuclear cartel are responsible for about half of all cancers.

If they allow the tail to be pinned on nuclear, they will see the phase out of half of their "work".

http://www.cancernetwork.com/ata-2015-thyroid-cancer/role-fukushima-radiation-unclear-pediatric-thyroid-cancers

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2nd Thought (Evil)

The powers that be have learned that the way to transfer the most wealth to themselves is to create bubbles, then blow them up, bankrupting others, and then buy things up on the cheap.   Exactly the plan in the housing bubble of 2005 et al.

Now turn your thoughts to Solar PV.    It is a serious threat, enough of a threat that the nuclear industry is spending $1.4B to spread propaganda, influence law makers and regulators to destroy the solar industry.     

So next year, 2016, there will be a rash of laws, restrictions on net energy metering agreements that let homeowners and businesses tie in to the grid, and utiltiy rate structures that discourage solar.   This will bankrupt 80% of solar related companies and injure the rest.

Then nuclear and oil companies will buy up the remnants on the cheap, and then they will spend billions to promote "safe, large scale, solar farms owned by them", and rape the public with continued high energy costs, whilst hardly pacifying the continued slave class by telling them "good work now you guys are green".

Aiyaiyai!   I have a nearly perfect track record of predicting the solar industry since 2006.   I can usually predict 1 to 2 years in advance.     God I hope that I am wrong.

Lie of Nuke: Atom Bomb Survivors Who Only Got a Low Dose Where Made Healthier By the Bomb

Yes a pro nuke troll actually said this on the NRC website today.

Here is the debunk, full article available, NO COST

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2698250/?report=reader

Low Dose Radiation Much Worse Than Previously Thought

From Mining Awareness 100% good stuff coming out form their neck of the woods

The new low dose radiation exposure results, showing high cancer risks at low doses, which came out on October 20th, are very important: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/new-study-of-us-uk-french-nuclear-workers-supports-linear-no-threshold-model-radiation-is-bad-for-you-increased-dose-is-increased-risk-hormesis-debunked-funding-from-pro-nuclear-govts-nuclea/

 https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/nuclear-worker-study-affirms-that-low-doses-of-radiation-are-deadly-increased-cancer-risk-much-worse-than-previously-believed/

New Data on Reactor 3 Building Moderated Prompt Criticality

TEPCO released some photos purported of Reactor 3 Vessel.    These look very clear which is odd given their first release in which white powder was disturbed and they stated they could not see anything.

You can review some here

 http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/?p=15101


stock said at ENE

Jebus, could be the fuel pool, and an alternate theory that I have long held, and still seems to be credible IF this is reactor 3 shown in the pictures that TEPCO says is reactor 3.....

Fuel melted in 3 and escaped through the bottom into a basement area, steaming and bubbling away.    A hydrogen explosion BOOM in 3 compression the steam vapor against the corium, which is a known way to increase reactivity (which is essential in a moderated prompt criticality) 

BOOM Why 3 booms?   Is one an echo, or another moderated criticality.   Can't imagine much hydrogen sticking around after the first 2.

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Further discussion
PhilipUpNorth

October 21, 2015 at 9:04 am · Reply

Unit 3 Containment photos are the first interior shots of Containment 3 since 311.
Some preliminary observations:
1. Water covers the Inspection Stand. This indicates that any corium lava tube that exists at Unit 3 exits straight through the pedestal floor, rather than having breaching the pedestal and exiting through the Containment floor. Apparently, Containment 3 holds water, or leaks at a slow rate.
2. Water is clear. If corium was present, roiling water would be expected. No, or little, corium is in the Containment of Unit 3.
3. Heavy steam is reported. Steam can be expected to be rising from the column of groundwater filling the corium lava tube inside the pedestal. Possibly, steam is from corium remaining in the pedestal floor area.
4. Lack of damage. An intact light fixture can be seen in one photo, indicating that Containment 3 was not involved in the explosion at Unit 3. One early report I saw, included a drawing indicating that the Unit 3 explosion originated outside the reactor and containment vessels, on one of the lower floors of the building.
The question remains:
Where is the damn corium?

Dr. Goodheart

October 21, 2015 at 9:17 am · Reply

Where did the massive criticality explosion come from, if not from this reactor?

  Nick

October 21, 2015 at 10:38 am · Reply

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k3Ofs6R9cg
Something went KABOOM alright. Just H2?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115×294031
http://pinktentacle.com/tag/nuclear

 

theworldisalie

October 22, 2015 at 1:12 am · Reply

Why the dirty smoke then? H2 burns clean and produces a white cloud of water vapor right?
Again, so where is that 100 tonnes of nuclear fuel and plutonium?

  theworldisalie

October 22, 2015 at 1:13 am · Reply

How come they were reporting finding plutonium fuel fragments far away from the plant?

The Mark of A Failed, Captured, Corrupt Empire Begging Your Recent Enemies to Finance and Build Nuclear Facilities in Your Homeland

Wow, if you want to feel better about living in America, just look at the British.

They are pushing hard to saddle themselves with large increases in electrical cost, that will drag them down for decades.   And they are rejoicing that China is going to be their economic hitman, owner of 33.5% of their nuclear power plant Hinckley C.

The projected cost is $18B Pounds.   They signed total agreement of $40B Pounds ($62B USD).

So their new nuke plant will cost over $27B USD,   that is 27,000 Million USD.   The most expensive machine ever created by man.

Modern nuclear plants and the electric-utility grid make extensive use of computer networks. The ability of hackers to penetrate even well-protected data systems, analysts say, has increased the overall vulnerability of the nuclear industry, which has in the past largely relied on physical barriers for protection.

“China would gain access to information that would give it more insight into the vulnerabilities in the U.K.’s critical infrastructure,” said Caroline Baylon, a specialist on cybersecurity at Chatham House, a research institute in London.

“As much as possible, your critical infrastructure should be national,” Ms. Baylon said.

A recent Chatham House report described the various ways that hackers might be able to worm their way into the operating system of a nuclear plant — and potentially cause widespread power outages.

But British officials said that such concerns were highly exaggerated, that the Chinese would hold only a minority stake and that Britain would continue to tightly regulate the nuclear industry.

  FRom the article

Having not built a new power station since 1995, Britain has little choice but to look to outside suppliers and financing.

Really?   That implies a cause and effect relationship, yet I see none.    Desperation and stupidity are what I see.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/business/international/hinkley-point-nuclear-plant.html?_r=0 

They made a correction to the article

Correction: October 21, 2015

An earlier version of this article misspelled, in one instance, the name of British nuclear power plant. As noted elsewhere in the article, it is the Hinkley Point C plant, not Hinckley Point C.

 Maybe you corrupt and stupid collapsing empires ought to focus on basic math and national security rather than name typos.     Sheesh.   

Wikipedia, spelt wrong, OMG!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_station

Archive of the Unfolding Fukushima Accident in the Early Days

stock here: lots of old news sites that had article on Fukushima have been deep sixed, they disappear.   So I am archiving this one here.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/20/us-japan-quake-timeline-idUSTRE72J2U720110320

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(Reuters)- Japan is under global scrutiny over the handling of its nuclear crisis after a huge earthquake crippled several reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, raising fears of an uncontrolled radiation leak.Below is a timeline of statements made by Japanese authorities and the complex's owner, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), after the quake struck on March 11, the strongest tremor ever recorded in Japan.
(Times are Japan time, which is GMT +9, unless stated)
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
22:09 - The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant says it may take several days for power to be restored at the No.3 and No.4 reactors.
21:51 - Reactors at stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are showing some improvement but the situation remains uncertain, Tetsuro Fukuyama, Japan's deputy chief cabinet secretary says.
17:23 - Engineers have restored power to the crippled reactor No. 2 in northeast Japan, Kyodo news agency says. It also said that Tokyo Electric Power Company aimed to restore the control room function, lights and the cooling function at the No. 1 reactor, which is connected to the No.2 reactor by cable.
16:53 - Japan's Kansai Electric Power plans to delay the reopening of two nuclear power plants by about two weeks, news agency Kyodo says, without quoting a source.
16:37 - The Japanese government will decide by Monday on whether to restrict consumption and shipments of food products from the area in the vicinity of a quake-hit nuclear complex, after higher-than-normal levels of radiation were found in milk and spinach from the area.
00:29 - The U.N. nuclear watchdog says it is unclear whether water pumps at Japan's disaster-hit nuclear power plant will work once power is restored.
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
22:42 - A sample of tap water from Tokyo shows a tiny level of radioactive iodine, the government said. The sample contained 1.5 becquerals per kg of iodine 131, well below the tolerable limit for food and drink of 300 becquerals per kg, the government added.
18:01 - Engineers attach a power cable to one of Japan's quake-stricken reactors but electricity has yet to be switched on, the nuclear safety agency said.
16:13 - Japan's top government spokesman says tests detect radiation above the national safety level in spinach and milk produced near the Fukushima nuclear plant.
06:08 - The U.S. government says that "miniscule" amounts of radiation are detected in Sacramento, California, but that no radiation levels of concern have been uncovered in United States.
03:30 - TEPCO said it had connected an external transmission line with the stricken plant and confirmed that electricity could be supplied.
The company said in a statement it "planned to supply Unit 2 first, followed by Unit 1, Unit 3 and Unit 4 ... because Unit 2 is expected to be less damaged".
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
21:02 - Japanese engineers cannot say if damaged nuclear reactors are under control, Hideohiko Nishiyama, deputy director general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, told reporters.
20:02 - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under increasing pressure for his handling of the aftermath of the country's devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis, may visit worst-hit areas of the northeast next week, a senior official said on Friday.
20:01 - Electricity could be restored on Saturday morning at the No.4 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeast Japan, TEPCO said.
18:11 - Japan has raised the incident level at the nuclear reactor, the U.N. nuclear watchdog reported on a monitoring website.
The entry gave the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi site a level 5 rating, up from level 4 previously on a 1-7 scale.
17:53 - Electricity could be restored on Saturday morning at the No.1 and No.2 reactors, the country's nuclear safety agency said on Friday. The agency also raised the incident level at reactors No.1, No.2, and No.3 at the Daiichi plant to level 5 from level 4.
10:04 - Japan's nuclear safety agency said it was aware of the ultimate "Chernobyl solution" to contain the nuclear disaster at the quake-hit plant by covering it in sand and encasing it in concrete, but added that it was currently focusing on efforts to restore power and cool down the reactors.
09:20 - White smoke or steam was rising from reactors 2, 3 and 4, the nuclear safety agency said on Friday. It said it believed there was still water in the spent fuel pool at reactor No.3.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17
21:39 - Japan's nuclear safety agency said a pool for cooling spent nuclear fuel at the No.4 reactor of the stricken plant remains a serious concern.
21:07 - TEPCO said it had started work to connect outside power cables to the plant and that electricity could be connected on Thursday.
17:37 - Three of the six reactors at the earthquake-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan are now relatively stable, officials say.
17:20 - Low concentrations of radioactive particles are heading eastwards from the plant toward North America, a Swedish official says. The official at the Swedish Defense Research Institute, a government agency, was citing data from international monitoring stations. Levels were not dangerous for people, he says.
16:27 - An unexpected, large-scale power outage is possible in Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday evening if power demand exceeds this morning's, Japan's trade minister says.
12:59 - U.S. State Department authorizes voluntary departure from Japan of family members of diplomatic staff.
11:24 - TEPCO says pressure is rising again at reactor No. 3. It says there was still water in its spent-fuel pool. On Wednesday, the company described the situation there as "not so good." The U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission said on Wednesday there was no water in the pool.
Company officials express hope of getting limited power to the plant to help pump water but not yet for reactors 3 and 4.
10:30 - Kyodo news agency says the United States will fly a high-altitude drone equipped with infrared sensors over the plant to help determine what is happening inside.
09:55 - Australia issues new appeal to nationals in Tokyo and eight other prefectures to consider leaving Japan.
08:38 - A Japanese military helicopter begins spraying water on the plant, the Defense Agency is quoted as saying. Officials later say two of four water drops hit their mark.
07:43 - Japan's weather agency said winds near the plant are forecast to blow from the northwest on Thursday toward the Pacific Ocean.
06:06 - The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says radiation levels at the Fukushima plant had fallen over the past 24 hours. A reading of 338 microsieverts per hour was recorded at the main gate at 05:00 against 752 12 hours earlier.
The government appeals to private companies to deliver supplies to quake victims.
02:58 - Britain advises its citizens in Japan to consider leaving Tokyo and the area north of the capital.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16
21:48 - Japan wants to use its military to help pump water to the No.3 reactor and into a spent-fuel pool at the No.4 reactor of a quake-stricken nuclear plant, the nation's nuclear safety agency says.
Radiation levels at a monitoring post outside the Fukushima Daiichi plant had spiked at 0330 GMT to 10,850 microsieverts per hour, but fell back later to 2,331 microsieverts an hour later, it says.
21:01 - Major damage is unlikely to have been sustained at the No.3 reactor of Japan's quake-stricken nuclear power plant, Kyodo reports, quoting the government.
19:53 - Japanese police will attempt to cool the spent nuclear fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant using a water cannon truck as early as Wednesday night, NHK television says.
19:47 - No radioactive iodine or cesium was found in the tap water of Japan's Fukushima prefecture, Kyodo news agency reports, quoting the local government.
18:29 - Water is being poured into reactors No.5 and No.6 at Fukushima's Daiichi nuclear power plant, the operating company says.
18:14 - A helicopter was unable to drop water to cool a quake-stricken reactor in northeastern Japan probably because of the high radiation, Kyodo news agency says, quoting the Defense minister.
18:00 - Japan's top government spokesman says radiation levels around the nuclear plant are not at levels to cause an immediate health risk.
17:32 - The World Health Organization's representative in China says there is no evidence of any significant international spread of radiation from the nuclear site.
17:26 - The operator of Japan's quake-stricken nuclear power complex, Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd, says it is unable to resume work on cooling reactors due to radiation risk.
16:55 - Operator says as of 0230 GMT there were 180 workers on site at the damaged nuclear power complex.
16:55 - Tokyo Electric Power Co says it recorded the site's highest levels of radiation at the No.3 reactor on Wednesday.
16:05 - The temperature stabilized and pressure dropped at the No. 2 reactor, the plant operator said.
13:27 - Japan's nuclear safety agency says operators of the damaged nuclear plant plan to bulldoze an emergency route to the facility to allow access for fire trucks.
11:38 - Japan may seek direct U.S. military help to end the crisis at the plant, the chief government spokesman says.
11:30 - It is not realistic to think that the No. 4 reactor at the plant will "reach criticality", the chief government spokesman says.
11:19 - The radiation reading at the main gate of the plant rose sharply just after 0100 GMT on Friday and started to fall almost an hour later, the government says.
11:10 - A fuel pool at the No.3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant may have heated and produced steam, TEPCO says. Media images earlier showed white smoke drifting from the plant.
11:38 - Japan may seek direct U.S. military help to end the crisis at the plant, the chief government spokesman says.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
20:54 - Radiation levels at the No. 4 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant has become too high to conduct normal work from its control room, Kyodo news agency says. Workers cannot stay long and are going in and out of the control room as well as monitoring from a different place.
20:50 - The radiation level in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, is 10 times normal, but there is no threat to human health, the city government says.
19:09 - Winds are now dispersing radioactive material from the Japanese nuclear crisis over the Pacific Ocean, away from Japan and other Asian countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WOMB) says.
18:20 - Japan's nuclear safety agency says there are two holes of 8-metres square in a wall of the outer building of the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi No.4 reactor after a blast in the morning.
18:06 - Radiation levels in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, are more than 10 times above normal levels, Kyodo reports.
18:01: TEPCO has pulled out 750 workers from the plant since Tuesday, and 50 remain, it says.
17:48 - A pool containing spent fuel at the No.4 reactor may be boiling and the water level may be falling, Kyodo news agency quoted an official at the reactor's operator as saying.
17:31 - Japan has told the U.N. Agency radioactivity was being released "directly" into the atmosphere, the IAEA says.
17:28 - Radiation levels fall at the plant, the government says. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says the radiation level at the main gate of the Fukushima Daiichi complex is 596.4 microsieverts per hour as of 0630 GMT, down from 11,930 microsieverts at 0000 GMT.
16:44 - Japan has told the United Nations nuclear watchdog (IAEA) that it has extinguished a fire at the spent fuel storage pond at the power plant, the Vienna-based agency says.
14:46 - Radiation levels in the city of Maebashi, 100 km north of Tokyo, are up to 10 times normal, Kyodo says, quoting the city government.
14:07 - A no-fly zone is established for a 30-km radius around the plant, Jiji news agency says, quoting the transport ministry.
14:03 - Prime Minister Kan sends a text message to mobile phone users across the country, asking them to conserve power.
14:00 - Radiation levels in Tokyo are "not a problem", the city government says.
12:37 - Minute levels of radiation have been detected in Tokyo, Kyodo says, quoting local government.
12:03 - Winds over the plant are blowing in a southwesterly direction that includes Tokyo, but will shift later on Tuesday, the weather agency says.
11:57 - Japan's science minister has asked local governments to make more frequent radiation checks, Kyodo news agency says.
The agency also says there has been one explosion at the No. 4 reactor at a stricken plant.
11:08 - Risk of a nuclear leakage is rising, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says, and warns people within a 30-km radius to stay indoors.
11:41 - Radiation levels in Kanaka prefecture, west of Tokyo, are up to nine times the normal level briefly on Tuesday, Kyodo news agency says, quoting the prefecture government.
11:08 - Risk of a nuclear leakage is rising, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says, and warns people within a 30-km radius to stay indoors.
10:03 - The nuclear safety agency says it is unsure if the explosion at the reactor has damaged one of its reactor containment vessels. If the containment vessel were to break and fuel rods within it to melt, it could cause a major radiation leak.
09:01 - Radiation levels in the air surrounding the plant have risen fourfold after the explosion, plant operator TEPCO says.
08:45 - The roof above overheating No. 2 reactor is damaged and steam in rising from the complex, Jiji news agency reports.
07:57 - Fresh explosion heard at the plant, Japan's nuclear safety agency says.
06:45 - Some damage has been detected at Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 reactor, but no sharp increase in radiation levels has been seen, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says.
MONDAY, MARCH 14
20:10 - Water levels inside the Fukushima Daiichi complex's No. 2 reactor are almost empty, TEPCO says. Jiji news agency says the operator of the plant has started injecting sea water to the reactor in the hope of cooling it down.
19:52 - Jiji quotes TEPCO as saying nuclear fuel rods at the Fukushima Daiichi complex's No.2 reactor, where levels of water coolant around the reactor core had been reported as falling earlier in the day, are now fully exposed. Jiji says a meltdown of the fuel rods cannot be ruled out.
17:23 - Jiji news agency says Japanese authorities have safely cooled down two nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant, close to another nuclear complex where they are still struggling to cool three overheating reactors.
16:17 - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano confirms water levels at the Fukushima Daiichi plant No.2 reactor are falling and its cooling functions have stopped.
15:26 - The IAEA says Japan has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog the hydrogen explosion at the No.3 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi did not damage the primary containment vessel.
15:17 - Jiji news agency reports that there has been an explosion at a fuel oil tank at a thermal power plant in Fukushima and that the tank is on fire. It is not immediately clear which company the thermal power plant belonged to.
12:43 - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says a large-scale radiation leakage is unlikely from the Fukushima Daiichi plant's No. 3 reactor hit by an explosion after cooling problems.
11:40 - Jiji quotes TEPCO as saying a fresh explosion that rocked Fukushima Daiichi has not damaged the plant's No.3 reactor vessel.
11:20 - Japan's nuclear safety agency confirms a new explosion rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, sending a plume of smoke into the air. But it says it cannot confirm whether or not the hydrogen explosion at the plant's No. 3 reactor has led to an uncontrolled leak of radioactivity.
11:11 - Domestic media image shows smoke rising from the No.3 reactor at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japanese TV says there was a hydrogen explosion at the plant.
07:29 - TEPCO says it has reported a rise in radiation levels at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the government.
01:43 - Japan Atomic Power says the cooling process is working at its Tokay No. 2 nuclear power plant's reactor although two of the three diesel power generators used for cooling are out of order. The reactor at the plant, about 120 km (75 miles) north of Tokyo in Ibaraki prefecture, was automatically shut after Friday's earthquake and tsunami.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
23:37 - Jiji quotes TEPCO as saying it is preparing to put sea water into the No.2 reactor at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The company is already injecting sea water into the No. 1 and No. 3 units at the plant to cool them down and reduce pressure inside reactor container vessels.
15:23 - Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano says there is a risk of an explosion at a building housing at the Fukushima Daiichi complex where an explosion on Saturday blew off the roof off another reactor building.
10:38 - Kyodo quotes TEPCO as saying radiation levels have risen above safe limits around the complex and that the firm has informed the government of an "emergency situation". It did not mean an immediate threat to human health, TEPCO says.
06:20 - The number of individuals exposed to radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi complex could reach as high as 160, an official of the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.
05:41 - In a 20-km radius around the Fukushima Daiichi complex, an estimated 110,000 people have been evacuated, the IAEA says. In a 10-km radius around the nearby Fukushima Daini complex, about 30,000 people have been evacuated.
00:49 - A nuclear accident in Japan on Saturday rates as less serious than both the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 and the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Japan's nuclear safety agency said. An official at the agency said it has rated the incident at 4 under the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. Three Mile Island was rated 5 while Chernobyl was rated 7 on the 1 to 7 scale, the official said.
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
22:21 - The IAEA quotes Japanese authorities as saying they are preparing to distribute iodine to people living near the stricken nuclear power complex. Iodine can be used to help protect the body from radioactive poisoning.
20:43 - TEPCO plans to fill the leaking reactor with sea water to cool it and reduce pressure in the unit, Edano says.
"The nuclear reactor is surrounded by a steel reactor container, which is then surrounded by a concrete building," Edano says. "The concrete building collapsed. We found out that the reactor container inside didn't explode."
"We've confirmed that the reactor container was not damaged. The explosion didn't occur inside the reactor container. As such there was no large amount of radiation leakage outside," he adds.
"At this point, there has been no major change to the level of radiation leakage outside (from before and after the explosion), so we'd like everyone to respond calmly."
"We've decided to fill the reactor container with sea water. Trade Minister Kaieda has instructed us to do so. By doing this, we will use boric acid to prevent criticality."
Edano says it will take about five to 10 hours to fill the reactor core with sea water and around 10 days to complete the process. He says due to the falling cooling-water level, hydrogen was generated and leaked into a space between the building and the container. It mixed with oxygen and exploded.
17:47 - Cabinet Secretary Edano confirms an explosion and radiation leak at Fukushima Daiichi. "We are looking into the cause and the situation and we'll make that public when we have further information," Edano says. "At present, we think 10 km evacuation is appropriate."
10:07 - TEPCO has begun releasing pressure from No. 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the Trade Ministry says. TEPCO says it will prepare for the release of pressure from the second nuclear plant, the Fukushima Daini plant, as pressure mounts. TEPCO and the authorities battle to contain rising pressure at the plants. They say thousands of residents in the area have been evacuated.
09:34 - Kyodo news agency says Japan has begun evacuating about 20,000 people from vicinity of the nuclear plants.
07:19 - TEPCO says it has lost its ability to control pressure in some reactors of a second nuclear power plant at its Fukushima facility. Pressure is stable inside the reactors but rising in the containment vessels, a spokesman says, although he did not know if there would be a need to release pressure at the plant at this point, which would involve a release of radiation.
06:37 - U.S. officials say the U.S. military did not provide any coolant for the Japanese nuclear plant, despite Clinton's earlier remarks. They say U.S. Air Force "assets" in Japan delivered coolant to a nuclear plant. One U.S. official says Japan had asked the United States for the coolant but ultimately handled the matter on its own.
03:14 - Cabinet Secretary Edano says TEPCO realises the need to release pressure inside the plant, that this could cause a small radiation leak.
03:13 - Kyodo news agency quotes Japan's trade minister as saying a radiation leak could take place at the plant.
03:04 - Japan's nuclear safety watchdog confirms TEPCO is considering steps to lower the pressure in a container in the No. 1 reactor. A spokesman for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says it is unknown whether radiation levels are high in the container, which is inside a turbine building.
02:00 - Kyodo news agency quotes TEPCO as saying pressure inside the No. 1 reactor rose to 1.5 times designed capacity.
01:46 - Jiji quotes TEPCO as saying pressure inside the No. 1 reactor at the plant has been rising, with the risk of a radiation leak. It plans to take measures to release the pressure, the report says.
01:27 - Jiji says Fukushima prefecture expects cooling function at the plant to be restored by 1630 GMT (0130 local)
00:40 - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States has transported coolant to the stricken nuclear plant. "We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton says at a meeting of the President's Export Council.
00:38 - The World Nuclear Association, the main nuclear industry body, says it understands the situation is under control, and water is being pumped into the reactor's cooling system. An analyst at the association says he understood a back-up battery power system had been brought online after about an hour, and begun pumping water back into the cooling system.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
22:45 - Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Japan advised that a heightened state of alert has been declared but no release of radiation had been detected.
It says Japanese authorities also reported a fire at the Onagawa nuclear power plant, which has since been extinguished.
"They say Onagawa, Fukushima Daini and Tokay nuclear power plants were also shut down automatically, and no radiation release has been detected," the statement says.
21:55 - The government says radiation has leaked from one of the plant's reactors.
21:49 - Jiji news agency says evacuation area around the plant is extended to 3 km from 2 km and quotes authorities as saying no radioactive leak has been confirmed.
21:34 - TEPCO confirms water levels falling inside reactors at the plant, and says it is trying to avert the exposure of nuclear fuel rods by restoring power to its emergency power system so that it can pump water inside the reactors.
19:46 - The government reveals a cooling problem at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on the northeast coast, which bore the brunt of the quake and tsunami. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says the government has declared an emergency as a precaution but he says there is no radioactive leak.
(Compiled by Mark Bendeich and World Desk Asia)