It is clear by now that the Japanese authorities are trying to cover it up as much as possible. I gave up on those folks. The question is how other countries are reacting to this worsening crisis. Surely Russia and U.S. have means to find out what is going on. How do they feel about it now? What are their plans if Japanese let this thing blow over?
No way it can blow over. Just a matter of time now. Next big 6.0 near Fukushima drops the #4 SFP. There are also some criticallities coming and going and anyone of those can lead to big problems. We are getting some decent intel from a former US NRC Emergency Response member on some of the blog threads. Her screen name is PattieB. Apparently there are some buildings across from #3 and #4 that were damaged. Some may be storing materials just as dangerous as the reactor materials (rare gas treatment building). They were using carbon to filter nasties out of the exotic gases that were ejecting from the reactors. Apparently a lot of very nasty concentrated material is stored in these buildings. They are also still bleeding off gases apparently, that should only be there if a nuclear reactions were occurring. This video shows what they are hiding with the spotlight. Note the two small flames off to the right.
2011.11.04 18:00-19:00 / ふくいちライブカメラ (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)
If you want to learn about that area of the plant, there is a link to the Japanese web page below along with a google translation link. Good stuff is way down into the page.
Original Japanese Page
Google Translated Page