just heard on NHK TV that they are trying to get water from plant #5 and plant #6 is experiencing problems? How many reactors or on site? I never heard about 5 or 6!
Correct. Earlier today there were reports that 5 annd 6 were experiencing increasing heat content in their storage pool.
My understanding is that there were 6 usable reactors three of which were on line. I also read a report that they are in the process of building two more on site, so that would make 8 in total.
“”How many reactors or on site?””
From a post I made this morning...
“There are 6 units at Fukushima 1 (Dai-Ichi) generating plant. 1, 2, and 3 were on line at the time of the earthquake, while 4, 5, and 6 were in cold shutdown for inspection. When they lost backup and off-site power, ALL units lost cooling. But with the latter 3 units already in cold shutdown, they were not nearly as critical a problem as the first 3 units.
Units 1, 2, and 6 are GE, 3 and 5 are Toshiba, and 4 is a Hitachi.
There is also a Fukushima II (Dai-Ni) generating plant. It is a separate facility about 11 KM south of Fukushima I. It has 4 generating units, approximately 1100 MW each. At that plant, units 1 and 3 are Toshiba, while 2 and 4 are Hitachi. Fukushima II never lost off-site power and therefore has been able to properly cool the 4 units after they tripped as a result of the earthquake.”