Fukushima Criticality: An Update – April 3 April 3, 2011

I’ve been waiting for some news on this. It seems as if reports of criticality (here and here) at the Fukushima site have dropped into a black hole over the last 48 hours.

Dr. Gunderson has a lengthy background in nuclear energy, and is a credible source, until someone with direct knowledge comes along.

Note: depending on your browser, the vimeo player embedded above may give you a menu of segments to watch. The current one is titled

“Newly Released TEPCO data provides evidence of periodic chain reactions at Fukushima Unit 1”