DO NOT REC THIS DIARY. Please rec the Mothership.
This is another clearinghouse diary for discussion and commentary about the ongoing nuclear disaster(s) in Japan. Previous diaries tonight are here and here. h/t and thanks to Phil and eky. For now, rec the newest diaries as they post, and unrec the previous. If anyone has the keys to UID Liveblog, and would like to start a Mothership (HINT!), hey, that'd be awesome.
Anyhow...
Avoid video and pictures, but any info and updates are most welcome.
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Links to media coverage:
CNN
BBC
The Washington Post
Al Jazeera English
The Guardian
Kyodo News
From the BBC:
Radiation levels at a Japanese quake-stricken nuclear plant have reached levels high enough to affect human health, a top official warns.
The BBC's Chris Hogg in Tokyo says that Japan's nuclear safety agency says it suspects the explosion may have damaged the vessel that holds the number two reactor. That would make it a more serious incident than the two previous explosions at Fukushima that were thought just to have damaged the buildings that housed the reactors.
Reference Information
Many thanks to boatsie who provided this information from her diary on the same subject, 'we are assuming melt down has occurred" & upgraded to 9!
Live Streaming:
NHK Japan Live: 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