Uploaded May 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Looking directly at the reactor well of Unit 3 before the explosion:

(1) images.scribblelive.com/2011/5/17/c13036f9-9322-4602-a467-44887264cb0c.gif

(2) images.scribblelive.com/2011/5/17/da62a519-5c58-4972-a8c6-659198922f0d.jpg

@ houseoffoust.com/fukushima/phototour.html

Accurate floor plan of Units 3 and 4 (location of containment lid reflects its location in Unit 4 since the reactor in Unit 4 is empty and opened), in the video we're looking through the open Tool Pit into (or onto) the Reactor Well (exactly as in the photos above)):
houseoffoust.com/fukushima/reactorlayout.html

Images that show Unit 3 was bellowing steam heavily, centered from the reactor well
March 17
blogs-images.forbes.com/oshadavidson/files/2011/05/06hH4y75zG0ti_2645.jpg
On or before March 21
media.syracuse.com/news/photo/2011-03-21-ap-nuclear-steamjpg-01db4710ae43cae9.jpg

Infrared images on Unit 3 show the hot spots around the primary containment:
The hottest spot is the largest point of emission seen in this video.
lh3.googleusercontent.com/-igGlJ5nIl3A/TYeaSWrOc9I/AAAAAAAAA8k/cMF1N9ReFuw/s1600/Fukushima_hoch_DW__1340857z.jpg

3号機の赤外画像は原子炉格納容器の周りのホットスポットを表示
ホットスポットはこのビデオで見られる最大の蒸気排出量のポイントです。