International Atomic Energy Agency Japan Earthquake Update, 19 March 2011 (4:30 UTC)

Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–19 March 2011 – 4:30 UTC.

Summary of conditions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Located on the Eastern coast of Japan, the six nuclear power reactors at Daiichi are boiling water reactors (BWRs). A massive earthquake on 11 March severed off-site power to the plant and triggered the automatic shutdown of the three operating reactors – Units 1, 2, and 3. The control rods in those units were successfully inserted into the reactor…