Strong quake and tsunami hits Japan

[ordnance11]

It' a very good piece. Precise and very well written from a scientific point of view. I do have one small problem with it. It doesn't address the human response to the problem. Like why did those in charge decide to vent the steam inside the containment building the 2nd and successive times instead of straight out into the atmosphere, knowing you're running the risk of an explosion in an enclosed space?
And this just in from the website of that piece:

Update 12:09: IAEA's director general Yukiya Amano: New information about reactor core is "worrying." That headline is via Bloomberg.

Some other details from a press conference:

• The suppression chamber at unit #2 appears to be damaged.
  
  
• The cause of the fire at unit #4 is unknown.
  
  
• The Japanese government has been asked to improve its information sharing with the IAEA
  

Update 10:45: According to Reuters, TEPCO's new plan is to dump water by helicopter, which sounds incredibly desperate. And some minor good news: All of the TEPCO power plants OTHER than the main one are fine, according to the IAEA.

Update 9:36: To add insult to injury, Japan was just hit with another 6.2 earthquake, and buildings in Tokyo are said to be shaking.

Update 9:14: Another horrible headline from Kyodo Wire: TEPCO unable to pour water into No. 4 reactor's storage pool for spent fuel

Update 8:35: Via ForexLive, TEPCO is saying that spent fuel rods in reactor #4 are exposed to the air. That sounds horrible.

Update 8:16: The radiation is too high for TEPCO workers to stay in the control room says KYODO WIRE.

Update 7:47 AM: France: The nuclear crisis is now a level-6 crisis on a scale of 7.

Update 7:10 3/15: According to reports, a frustrated Naoto Kan asked TEPCO execs "What the hell is going on?"
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