Status report: Reactor-by-reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant

Living near a nuclear plantSTORY HIGHLIGHTSThe temperature is rising in the No. 1 reactor, an official saysEfforts continue to set up more permanent power supplies for each of the unitsAuthorities are plotting how to pump highly radioactive water from two basements (CNN) -- Since March 11, the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been in various states of disrepair after being battered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

Here is the latest on the status of each reactor and what is being done to prevent further emissions of radioactive material.

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Reactor No. 1

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Unit 1's core has been damaged, but its containment vessel was not, according to the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, a trade group. Radioactive water was reported in the unit's turbine plant Monday, the Tokyo Electric Power Company said.

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The temperature has been rising in the reactor's core, Hidehiko Nishiyama of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Monday. Emergency crews will compensate by boosting the flow of fresh water into the reactor core, Nishiyama said.

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