In which there’s an infodump.
If you’re needing more information on Japan’s 8.9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami:
- Kyodo News (English)
- TBS News (Tokyo Broadcasting System) live stream in Japanese
- News links on all five critical nuclear reactors
- #Japan hashtag on Twitter
- Reuters
- Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) response plan
Donate to one of the funds here, or text #REDCROSS to 90999 (70600 in Europe) from your cell to donate $10.
And if you pray, pray now, because Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is currently having difficulty venting the Daiichi reactor, and it must be vented to prevent a meltdown.
Update 10:22 pm AP – Japan nuclear safety commission official says meltdown at nuclear power plant possible. My friend Shigeki (he lives in Tokyo) is very worried.
Update – From the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Where to Get Accurate Information on the Japanese Situation
Update 3/15/11 – At least one containment device is breached. Suspicions are that the fire was caused by a spent fuel storage pond going dry and allowing the spent-but-not-inactive rods stored within to overheat and catch fire. 750 workers have been evacuated due to radiation levels, leaving a brave 50 to try and keep the water pumping. Experts have been quoted as saying that it’s already far worse than 3 Mile Island and is nearing Chernobyl, depending on the amounts of radiation released and what happens next.
- #Fukushima Twitter hashtag
- WNN: Dramatic escalation in Japan
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