Special Coverage on Fukushima

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Updates and Analysis

IAEA’s Fukushima Update Log
World Health organisation’s Updates
Tokyo Electric production Company (TEPCo)’s updates on the status of reactors
Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) also has running updates
Union of Concerned Scientists has an excellent blog where its experts provide useful insights and analysis – All Things Nuclear blog
GreenAction Japan updates and analysis
Fairewinds Associates are running insightful analysis by Arnie Gunderson
Nature News has special features on Fukushima here
Lucas Whitefield Hixson has been putting together useful updates
Beyond Nuclear updates on Fukushima
What is Happening in the Reactor Cores of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station? Author: Michio Ishikawa (Chief Adviser of Japan Nuclear Technology Institute (JANTI))

Useful Data

Citizen-based radiation readings: Safecast
Crowdsource data
Wikipedia,org – Fukushima_I_nuclear_accident
Wikipedia.org – Fukushima timeline with reactor status for each day
Radiation level graphic
DIY Radiation Monitoring
Radiation level of drinking water and fallout by prefecture
Radioactive substances and their impact on health
WeatherOnLine Dispersion Models
Japan – Graphing Earthquake and Radiation Data
Fukushima area dust sample readings
Iodine-131 Plume spread – 3/12/2011 to 3/17/2011
Iodine-131 Plume spread – 3/18/2011 to date

Videos

Japanese Government’s Internet Streaming
NHK Television – English stream
YokosoNews – Japanese television translated in realtime by Katz
Citizens Nuclear Information Centre – Japan (CNIC)
Interviews with a Nuclear Engineer: Podcast
Fairewinds Associates’ Videos
DiaNuke.org’s channel for Fukushima related videos

Chats and Discussions

Scribblelive moderated chat
Chat on Facebook by Reuters contributors/viewers
Reuters Live Chat
DiaNuke.org’s facebook community
Facebook pages of Radiocial News, Stop Nuclear industry and Japan Nuclear Emergency have live discussions

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General Info and Resources

Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)
Picture of the containment vessel from a similar BWR
Mark I reactor similar to the ones in Fukushima
Hazards of Storing Spent Fuel- Interactive Feature
How to Cool A Nuclear Reactor (Scientific American)
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES)
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle – BBC News
A Layman’s Intro to Radiation
Comparison and Description of Various Dose Levels (ORNI)
Understanding Radiation

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News

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Pictures and Maps

High Resolution Pictures by Cryptome
Images of some assumed to be Reactor rods
Images of a Mark 1 reactor model Reactor model
Full sized Blueprint image of reactor blueprints of Reactor #1
Der Spiegel picture compilation:
More Der Spiegel imagery:
Daiichi high resolution photos
Heat images of reactors
Photo Analysis by the Wall Street Journal
TEPCo’s Live Camera
Japan Geigermap
Fukushima photos by House of Foust
Japan – Google map where people post radiation readings
Japan – Google map with radiation readings / charts
Live TEPCO webcam
Archive with pictures from TEPCO cam

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