This is a clearinghouse diary for the ongoing disaster unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plants. Use it for commentary, or to provide and receive information as it develops.
The previous two diaries can be found here and here. h/t and much love to joanneleon and boatsie
Additional resource diaries are:
What the Fukushima? Q&A Richard Cranium's helpful primer.
Why Japan is giving iodine to its residents More info, from kossack Samer.
kbman's What, exactly, IS a nuclear meltdown?
Debate and commentary on nuclear power, it's safety (or lack thereof) can be found in mahakali overdrive's diary, Fukushima's Safe? Say it to my face.
"Cooling inoperative in six reactors" by lotlizard is "a partial translation of the front page article from the weekend edition of the left-alternative German daily die Tageszeitung — or "Taz" for short." Quite helpful.
Updates and resource links below the fold.