The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has released a video made on May 6th, showing conditions at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Unfortunately, what the video doesn't show is the heart of the ongoing nuclear crisis: the melted fuel rods from the core of Unit 1, the 3,000 tons of highly contaminated water, 13-feet deep, filling the basement of the reactor building, and the holes (most likely in the containment vessel) made by the molten fuel, allowing the radioactive water to drain from the reactor.
I'll have an update on these and other developments soon. For now, I'll just make this point: Despite the lack of media attention, Fukushima Daiichi is still in crisis mode -- and the situation could get far worse before it gets any better.
The video has no audio track, but it does include subtitles provided by TEPCO, identifying the location and the activities shown.
