Archive for 2011

What happened at Fukushima

BraveNewClimate has a reassuring account of what happened at the nuclear power reactors in Fukushima and the potential worst-case scenarios will be nowhere near the scale of the Chernobyl disaster. The comments provide interesting discussion and add further details. Some further reassurance by Harvard Kennedy School Associate Professor Matthew Bunn that while the situation is [...]

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Satellite photos of Fukushima plant

Fukushima nuclear power plant after the explosions in reactor number 1 and number 3. Reactor 1 is at the bottom left, reactor 4 is top right. Smoke is rising from reactor number 3.

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Second explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant

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