Japan Tsunami/Earthquake Update for Monday, March 21

One more brief update on the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake/tsunami:

  • Death toll at 8,000, with 13,000 missing.
  • All six of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant appear to be under control, though there appears to be damage to the reactor cores of reactors 1-3. Those reactors have been given an International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) rating of 5, which would put it on par with Three Mile Island, but well below the 7 assigned to Chernobyl.
  • Foot shortages in Tokyo appear to be easing.
  • Sendai port is open and receiving emergency fuel shipments.

    • Tsunami video from Miyako City in Iwate Prefecture:

    This and all previous posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami can be found here.

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    1. Moonbat Zero Comes Out in Favor of Nuclear Power « Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog says:
      March 21, 2011 at 11:29 PM

      […] On a related note, for my latest Japan update (including news on the Fukushima Daiichi reactors) go here. […]

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