Actual Conditons of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - The badly damaged No. 3 reactor building is shown in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo. The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000iw7PdnC.EE8/t/124/I0000iw7PdnC.EE8.jpg)
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Masao Yoshida, general manager of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, apologizes for the nuclear accident at his plant and thanks for the support from across Japan and around the world in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo.The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000bs7AsdV1Zeo/t/124/I0000bs7AsdV1Zeo.jpg)
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Masao Yoshida, general manager of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, apologizes for the nuclear accident at his plant and thanks for the support from across Japan and around the world in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo.The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000qSTkA4jpXpU/t/124/I0000qSTkA4jpXpU.jpg)
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Masao Yoshida, general manager of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, apologizes for the nuclear accident at his plant and thanks for the support from across Japan and around the world in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo.....The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Y_be9PygWaA/t/124/I0000Y_be9PygWaA.jpg)
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Workers in protective gear install a circulating cooling system for the spent fuel pool of the reactor unit No. 1 at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co.The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000k3s7.it7mYk/t/124/I0000k3s7.it7mYk.jpg)
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Construction continues to cover up the runaway No. 1 reactor building with polyester to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances into the air at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co.....The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000eV5mxN46D4k/t/124/I0000eV5mxN46D4k.jpg)
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![August 17, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - A Japanese flag with hundreds of words of encouragement is posted on the wall of an accommodation facility for workers at the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, in this frame-grabbed image from the six-minute video footage released on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, by Tokyo Electric Power Co.The untility, known as TEPCO, and the government restated the nine-month roadmap to bring the runaway reactors to a safe shutdown by January 2012 at the Fukushima plant. TEPCO said there has been progress in its goal of stopping radiation emissions, saying the amount of radiation releases into the atmosphere from the plant dropped to 1/10,000,000th of the levels immediately after the plant was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake March 11. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ULvpykiAMyo/t/124/I0000ULvpykiAMyo.jpg)
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![October 8, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Installation work of roof panels continues for the badly damaged reactor Unit 1 at Tokyo Electric Power Co.s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on Saturday, October 8, 2011. The utility known as TEPCO has started the project in covering up the No. 1 reactor building with polyester sheets in a bid to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances into the air. The roughly one-millimeter-thick sheets will be attached to the steel frames of the 54-meter-high building. To minimize workers' exposure to radiation, the 140-meter-tall crane designed to ward off radiation will set up 62 pre-assembled parts at the reactor in the operation. The photo was released in Tokyo on October 8. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000kEoDniTeOY8/t/124/I0000kEoDniTeOY8.jpg)
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![October 8, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Installation work of roof panels continues for the badly damaged reactor Unit 1 at Tokyo Electric Power Co.s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on Saturday, October 8, 2011. The utility known as TEPCO has started the project in covering up the No. 1 reactor building with polyester sheets in a bid to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances into the air. The roughly one-millimeter-thick sheets will be attached to the steel frames of the 54-meter-high building. To minimize workers' exposure to radiation, the 140-meter-tall crane designed to ward off radiation will set up 62 pre-assembled parts at the reactor in the operation. The photo was released in Tokyo on October 8. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000URqmiRZv1o/t/124/I00000URqmiRZv1o.jpg)
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![October 14, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Installation work to enclose the badly damaged reactor unit 1 has been completed at Tokyo Electric Power Co.s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on Friday, October 14, 2011. The utility known as TEPCO started the project in August to cover up the No. 1 reactor building with 62 polyester fiber sheets in a bid to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances into the air. With the cover now finished, TEPCO will install air scrubbers inside the reactor building to clear out airborne radioactive substances. The photo was released in Tokyo on October 14. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000gMoDfyFKhf4/t/124/I0000gMoDfyFKhf4.jpg)
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![October 14, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Installation work to enclose the badly damaged reactor unit 1 has been completed at Tokyo Electric Power Co.s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on Friday, October 14, 2011. The utility known as TEPCO started the project in August to cover up the No. 1 reactor building with 62 polyester fiber sheets in a bid to prevent the dispersal of radioactive substances into the air. With the cover now finished, TEPCO will install air scrubbers inside the reactor building to clear out airborne radioactive substances. The photo was released in Tokyo on October 14. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xJTaxTL1sh8/t/124/I0000xJTaxTL1sh8.jpg)
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![November 2, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - The Unit 2 reactor building at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is shown in this September 15, 2011, file photo released by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., known as TEPCO. TEPCO said Wednesday, November 2, that it has detected signs of possible nuclear fission in the No. 2 reactor at the plant, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, raising the rusk of more radiation leaks. The operator said water containing boric acid was injected to control a possible nuclear reaction at the reactor, where nuclear fuel is believed to have melted when the cooling system failed following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ny8L2bQ3Voc/t/124/I0000ny8L2bQ3Voc.jpg)
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![November 10, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Bent and twisted steel beams are exposed on the fifth floor after an explosion in the nuclear reactor Unit 4 building at Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on March 15, 2011.....Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, said on Thursday, November 10, 2011, that hydrogen generated in the reactor Unit 3 went through air conditioning ducts of the emergency gas treatment system and flowed into the adjacent Unit 4 building. The utility, known as TEPCO, presumed the explosion possibly occurred on the fourth floor of the No. 4 reactor building after conducting a site survey on November 8 to investigate the damage of the Unit 4 building. The photo was released by TEPCO in Tokyo on November 10. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000knRtjh12VPo/t/124/I0000knRtjh12VPo.jpg)
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![November 10, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Bent and twisted steel beams are exposed on the fifth floor violently pushed upward after an explosion in the nuclear reactor Unit 4 building at Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on March 15, 2011.....Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, said on Thursday, November 10, 2011, that hydrogen generated in the reactor Unit 3 went through air conditioning ducts of the emergency gas treatment system and flowed into the adjacent Unit 4 building. The utility, known as TEPCO, presumed the explosion possibly occurred on the fourth floor of the No. 4 reactor building after conducting a site survey on November 8 to investigate the damage of the Unit 4 building. The photo was released by TEPCO in Tokyo on November 10. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000065vLiDR6ips/t/124/I000065vLiDR6ips.jpg)
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![November 10, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - A badly damaged air-conditioning duct precariously hangs from the ceiling on the fourth floor after an explosion in the nuclear reactor Unit 4 building at Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on March 15, 2011.....Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, said on Thursday, November 10, 2011, that hydrogen generated in the reactor Unit 3 went through air conditioning ducts of the emergency gas treatment system and flowed into the adjacent Unit 4 building. The utility, known as TEPCO, presumed the explosion possibly occurred on the fourth floor of the No. 4 reactor building after conducting a site survey on November 8 to investigate the damage of the Unit 4 building. The photo was released by TEPCO in Tokyo on November 10. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-..](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000N0K2KK2Ezd8/t/124/I0000N0K2KK2Ezd8.jpg)
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![November 10, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Rubbles from damaged air-conditioning ducts litter the fourth floor after an explosion in the nuclear reactor Unit 4 building at Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on March 15, 2011.....Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, said on Thursday, November 10, 2011, that hydrogen generated in the reactor Unit 3 went through air conditioning ducts of the emergency gas treatment system and flowed into the adjacent Unit 4 building. The utility, known as TEPCO, presumed the explosion possibly occurred on the fourth floor of the No. 4 reactor building after conducting a site survey on November 8 to investigate the damage of the Unit 4 building. The photo was released by TEPCO in Tokyo on November 10. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-..](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000lWQWDEqvoQo/t/124/I0000lWQWDEqvoQo.jpg)
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![November 10, 2011, Okumamachi, Japan - Cracked concrete walls block the passage on the fourth floor after an explosion in the nuclear reactor Unit 4 building at Fukushima No. 1 power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, some 210km northeast of Tokyo, on March 15, 2011.....Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the Fukushima plant, said on Thursday, November 10, 2011, that hydrogen generated in the reactor Unit 3 went through air conditioning ducts of the emergency gas treatment system and flowed into the adjacent Unit 4 building. The utility, known as TEPCO, presumed the explosion possibly occurred on the fourth floor of the No. 4 reactor building after conducting a site survey on November 8 to investigate the damage of the Unit 4 building. The photo was released by TEPCO in Tokyo on November 10. (Photo by TEPCO/AFLO) [0006] -mis-..](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GNYdXeT_lKs/t/124/I0000GNYdXeT_lKs.jpg)
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