blogbog 's List: Japan - about earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear power

Damage to nuclear reactors in Japan caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami have raised questions about the safety and use of nuclear power. Understanding how nuclear power is created and contained is vital to your students’ overall understanding of the situation in Japan. Explore Thinkfinity.org’s special collection of classroom resources on nuclear energy, and provide your students with a detailed understanding of how these current events impact not only those in Japan, but their lives as well.

This is the explanation video about the events which have caused nuclear reactor problems in Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

These problems were caused by earthquake and following tsunami near to Sendai town in north-east of Tokyo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami ).

Here is the original source:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/14/dnt.japan.reactor.expla...

This is the official English twitter account of Prime Minister’s Office of Japan. Most of the information provided here will be translation 

Animated guide earthquakes

On March 11 at 2:46pm JST a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred near the northeastern coast of Japan, creating extremely destructive tsunami waves which hit Japan just minutes after the earthquake, and triggering evacuations and warnings across the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake and tsunami have caused extensive and severe damage in Northeastern Japan, leaving thousands of people confirmed dead, injured or missing, and millions more affected by lack of electricity, water and transportation.

This page is being updated continuously to provide the latest information about this crisis, resources for those affected, and ways to contribute to relief efforts in Japan.

The control-room operators of the Kärnobyl nuclear power plant are telecommuting and are running the plant through the Web. However, the mean time between failure for the components of Kärnobyl is not great. Try to keep the reactor stable when component failures occur!