Sources: Xinhua
TEPCO will also start pumping water from the flooded number 3 reactor. 2011-05-17
Milk and spinach found near the plant exceed Japanese government radiation levels as does water in the Fukushima Prefecture. [http:--www.msnbc.msn.com-id-42162299-ns-health- (AP via MSNBC)] [http:--www.daytondailynews.com-news-nation-world-news-japan-officials-radioactive-iodine-above-government-limit-found-in-fukushima-drinking-water-1112296.html?cxtype=rss_nation-world (AP via "Dayton Daily News")]date=August 2019 2011-03-19
The problems at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant are upgraded to Level 5 on the International Nuclear Events Scale, the same as the Three Mile Island accident. 2011-03-19
Japan attempts to restore electric power to two crippled reactors at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant to combat ongoing problems. 2011-03-18
President Hugo Chávez backtracks on plans to develop nuclear power in Venezuela saying he has noted the ongoing crisis in Japan and that the use of nuclear energy is "something extremely risky and dangerous for the whole world". 2011-03-17
Gregory Jaczko, the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission tells a United States Congressional panel that his Commission is recommending a higher exclusion zone. 2011-03-16
Radiation levels rise inside and outside the plant leading to the temporary evacuation of emergency workers. 2011-03-16
Another fire breaks out at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in northern Honshu, Japan. 2011-03-16
There is a third explosion in four days at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami causing damage to its steel containment structure, the withdrawal of emergency workers and expected increases in radiation. 2011-03-15