USNRC Emergency Operations Center Status Update
March 12, 2011
Earthquake / Tsunami Status Update Compiled by Executive Briefing Team
Status of Japanese Facilities
(This information is compiled from available sources, including press releases by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)).
At 0136 EST on March 12, 2011, a “vertical earthquake” resulted in an explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1.
Other units at Fukushima Daiichi and units at other sites were not impacted by this earthquake.
Explosion occurred at Unit 1 following 0136 EST (March 12, 2011) earthquake.
This explosion was due to hydrogen.
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Joieau
March 7, 2012
What?! A “Vertical Earthquake” under one unit, not affecting a single one of the 5 other units all around this one? How the heck does THAT work, and where’s the seismological evidence that this was a targeted ‘earthquake’ and not a blow-out deep in the bowels of the plant that set off the hydrogen higher up?