Japan Update

Forecast for Plume's Path Is a Function of Wind and Weather

Cf. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/16/science/plume-graphic.html?ref=science

Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant
None of the six reactors at the plant have operated since the earthquake. But explosions have damaged four of the buildings, and fuel in the reactors and spent fuel stored in the buildings is in danger of melting and releasing radioactive materials.

Cf. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/16/world/asia/reactors-status.html?ref=science

How a Reactor Shuts Down and What Happens in a Meltdown

Cf. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html?ref=science

U.N. Scientists Project Path of Radiation Plume

"The projection, by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, an arm of the United Nations in Vienna, gives no information about actual radiation levels but only shows how a radioactive plume would probably move and disperse."