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This is another clearinghouse diary for discussion and commentary about the ongoing nuclear disaster(s) in Japan. Previous diaries can be found listed in the Mothership.
Please be kind to Kossacks with low bandwith and avoid video and photos, but any info and updates, from whatever sources are available to you, are what these diaries are all about.
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TO put the nuclear concerns in the larger context:
Over 10,000 people remain missing and new information on the extent of the devastation is still coming in. See this interactive feature from the New York Times to see how the tsunami literally wiped all evidence of civilization off the map in many places.
Regarding the nuclear disaster that somehow continues to grow with every passing day:
Big question tonight: is the current reactor fire out or not? And if not, how are they going to extinguish it if no one can get near enough to pour water on the blaze? ... People within a radius of 12.5 miles of the stricken reactors have been evacuated, and those within 19 miles have been advised to protect themselves from atmospheric particulates (stay indoors, don't run air conditioning, and so on). That 19-mile ring appears to be closed off to both incoming and outgoing traffic.
Things are likely to get worse for the people of the region, and perhaps for people farther afield as well.
A few links to media coverage:
CNN
BBC
The Washington Post
Al Jazeera English
The Guardian
Kyodo News
Reference Information
Many thanks to boatsie who started the mothership process and provided much initial information from her diary on the subject, "we are assuming melt down has occurred" & upgraded to 9!
Crowdsourcing/Crisis Mapping/Google Earth Engine
Google Crisis Response
Live Streaming:
NHK Japan Live (in English translation): NHK Japan Live
Al Jazeera Japan Live: Al Jazeera Japan Live
France24 Live: France24 Live
Twitter – Real Time Updates:
IAEA
WFP
#earthquake: Twitter #earthquake
#japan: Twitter #japan
#tsunami: Twitter #tsunami
#EQJP #japanearthquake, #JPQuake, #japaneq, #japantsunami, #ynwa, #japaneq
The Five Star Seneca Doane DKos disaster preparedness primer
Link to a document about how the nuclear fuel rods are stored