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The most important thing in discussing nuclear power is that there's transparency and honesty, two values which are totally lacking on the part of authorities. In this respect the story of Katsuhiko Ishibashi (professor of public safety at Kobe University) is most illuminating...

I'm not at all educated in this area, though I've picked up a quick schooling in the last few days as mental self-defence against the misinformation streaming out of official sources, and as a way to inform a group of people who depend on me for hard info. The absolute worst case scenario...

I little exchange I just had on a YouTube video, entitled "250,000 Dead Today - Nuclear Meltdown Japan Tsunami Earthquake, Volcano Eruptions, Dead Fish": The implication in the title is that there are 250,000 victims in Japan though in the video info it's given as a world average death rate...

Heroes without any doubt. Consider that kamikazes were dedicated to the deaths of their enemies. These 50 workers are dedicating their lives to the saving of other lives. I wouldn't do it. Thankfully I'll never be called on to do anything like it.

Their site is clearly under strain. Every other time I try to connect to it I get a 503 server error.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_quake/ Quote: Radiation too high for TEPCO personnel to stay in Fukushima nuke plant control rooms (20:49) - UTC 1149 That was a flash ticker from 4 hours ago and might no longer be there.

Panic buying of iodine tablets in the US, as reported from Santa Rosa, Ca. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110315/NEWS/103151028/1350?Title=Rush-on-for-anti-radiation-pills- Credit to Mr Jones for donating his stock to Japan when he could have sold it for a huge profit.

For me it's working on something only for someone else to call it crap.

IAEA News Conference scheduled for 1600 CET/1500 UTC, two hours from now. I hope there is some objective information and constructive action announced then. CORRECTION: Put back half an hour to 1530 UTC

Progression to level 7 is possible now?

Latest on winds - have shifted easterly, which is a relief http://www.surf-forecast.com/maps/Japan/wind/12

What's your take on the fact that all personnel have now been evacuated from the Fukushima plant, and there is no nobody there to control it? (Obviously not a criticism of the workers there, who did all they possibly could and may have suffered terribly.) Also there seems to be an insufficient...

Putin and all the other deniers of a real emergency should be sent to work in the Fukushima plant. World Nuclear Association spokesmen should be given a leaky suit. Latest from Kyodo http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/japan_quake/

I'm looking at it now. It looks normal to me, What details do you have?

Understood - dangers of using internet communications and incomplete posts. Please take the D-K Effect reference as not referring at all to yourself. Has direct applicability around the world of web comments, though...

In the absence of further hard news, a piece of stupidity: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 This kind of idiotic nonsense is all over the web too. ---------- Post added at 10:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:13 AM ---------- Dunning–Kruger effect -...

Wind map from the surfer source http://www.surf-forecast.com/maps/Japan/wind/12 This shows prevailing winds about 15 km/h west/south west BBC log (reference above) says about the winds

Sources?

BBC live interview on World Service with representative of the prefectural govt of Yamagata He says there are 2 kg of iodine tablets, enough for prefectural emergency workers but not enough to provide doses to the population.

Latest from IAEA http://www.iaea.org/press/?p=1248 So the spent fuel rods are apparently on fire. That's very bad. No data available so far on radioactivity in the atmosphere.[COLOR="Red"] From the World Nuclear News Site...