15 March 2011, 04:59
Around 11 PM on the 14th, Unit 2 of the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant had suffered a breakdown of its cooling water injection system, and its fuel rods became fully exposed. At 1 AM on the 15th, Tokyo Electric Power recovered its ability to inject seawater into the Unit 2 reactor, but, as of 3 AM, the reactor’s water level has not recovered, and its fuel rods are believed to be still exposed. The fate of the reactor remains on a knife edge.
The above is a translation of the first paragraph of “第一原発2号機 水位回復せず” published by NHK. Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com). 古橋芳恵, “福島原発: チェルノブイリなら、２０キロ圏では不十分” (12 March 2011); Yoshie Furuhashi, “An Appeal to All Foreign Embassy Personnel and International Media Present in Japan, regarding the Nuclear Disaster” (14 March 2011).
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