HUGE earthquake and tsunami hit Japan...

[AJ]

More bad news: a magnitude 6.6 aftershock today knocked out power to the Daiichi plant's unit 1, 2, & 3 reactors for almost an hour.  While officials at the national nuclear safety agency said the power outage didn't appear to have any safety implications, I'm willing to bet it didn't help the race to get the plant fully under control.

The government expanded the evacuation radius around Daiichi from 12 to 19 miles, adding to the ~150,000 folks living in evacuation centers.


The 7.1 aftershock Monster Dave mentioned on the 7th killed 2, injured hundreds, and knocked out power to two different nuclear plants.  I really hope all of Japan's plants are beefing up their emergency power supplies!

[Monsterlover]

They just can't catch a break can they

[IZ]

Threat level set to equal that of Chernobyl.  We're doomed!   

[DanTheMan]

Threat level set to equal that of Chernobyl.  We're doomed!   

Japanese officials have said the leaks from the Fukushima plant so far amount to a tenth of the radiation emitted in the Chernobyl disaster, while acknowledging they eventually could exceed Chernobyl's emissions if the crisis continues.

we're fine, for now.....

[DRKWNG]

Japanese officials have said the leaks from the Fukushima plant so far amount to a tenth of the radiation emitted in the Chernobyl disaster.

Not really getting into whether we're doomed or not, but the TEPCO and the Japanese government have been known to downplay the significance of the crisis since it all started.

[zooom]

Not really getting into whether we're doomed or not, but the TEPCO and the Japanese government have been known to downplay the significance of the crisis since it all started.

geeeeeee...ya think?!?!?!....

[ungeheuer]

Japanese officials have said the leaks from the Fukushima plant so far amount to a tenth of the radiation emitted in the Chernobyl disaster, while acknowledging they eventually could exceed Chernobyl's emissions if the crisis continues.

we're fine, for now.....

..... absolutely fine...   

.....in a nation of fish eaters, this should be nothing of any concern then...  >>  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/06/3183332.htm

[dolci]

Tokyo Motorcycle Shop Turns to Disaster Relief!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tokyo-motorcycle-shop-turns-to-disaster-relief/2011/04/10/AFkmrUKD_story.html?hpid=z3