Thursday, March 17, 2011

Fukushima Reactor Disaster

First you would like to have the news from the news reporters. Or may be summary because it has been going on for few days now. So here is the Wikipedia article.

Then you would like a scientific perspective. American media is peculiar in this aspect. They just pick up Michio Kaku to explain anything and everything related to science. Kaku is a string theorist and may not be good for all purposes. Here Zaperz complains about it in the present context.

A better coverage is by another string theorist. It is here.

A nuclear engineer should be even more to the point. Here is that.

Unrelated people also noticed the quake. Here is one example.

Daniel at Cosmic Variance begins with the following ominous statement.
 Japan is in the midst of a slow-motion nuclear meltdown.
 Pray and hope for the best. (Hat Tip Till Here : Interactions Blog Watch )


Heart softening photographs are here. (Hat Tip : Kaleem Kawaja)