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Below are a series of resources, from newspaper articles to video clips, intended to help you better understand what actually happened with Japan's nuclear power plants, (and what happened at Chernobyl in the Ukraine in 1986 and at Three Mile Island in the U.S. in 1979), and better understand the earthquake and tsunami that started it all.The United States Geologic Survey website (www.usgs.gov) has a wealth of information on every aspect of the geology associated with earthquakes, aftershocks, and tsunamis.This interactive slide show from the New York Times illustrates the plate tectonics that started it all, and links include information about the human, economic, and political toll of the quake and its aftermath.
In this PBS Frontline video, scientists, political commentators, and journalists discuss the specifics of the Fukushima nuclear power plant as of March 15, 2011.Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
CNN also created a series of pictures and videos that explain how a nuclear reactor works, what has gone wrong in the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, and why it is cause for concern.More recently, CNN Presents had 2 segments that dealt with the Fukashima disaster, and its fall out.CNN Presents: Nuclear Standoff Part 2Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
CNN also created a series of pictures and videos that explain how a nuclear reactor works, what has gone wrong in the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, and why it is cause for concern.More recently, CNN Presents had 2 segments that dealt with the Fukashima disaster, and its fall out.Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
CNN also created a series of pictures and videos that explain how a nuclear reactor works, what has gone wrong in the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, and why it is cause for concern.More recently, CNN Presents had 2 segments that dealt with the Fukashima disaster, and its fall out.CNN Presents: Nuclear Standoff Part 2Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
CNN also created a series of pictures and videos that explain how a nuclear reactor works, what has gone wrong in the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, and why it is cause for concern.More recently, CNN Presents had 2 segments that dealt with the Fukashima disaster, and its fall out.CNN Presents: Nuclear Standoff Part 2Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.
CNN also created a series of pictures and videos that explain how a nuclear reactor works, what has gone wrong in the Fukushima Nuclear Plant, and why it is cause for concern.More recently, CNN Presents had 2 segments that dealt with the Fukashima disaster, and its fall out.CNN Presents: Nuclear Standoff Part 2This article from the Christian Science Monitor explains not only the basics of a melt down, but what spent fuel rods are, and why they are being stored where they are.
The article "No risk of Japan radiation on West Coast" by Pat Brennan, from the Orange County Regisiter discussed why we don't need to panic that we're all going to be exposed to deadly radiation while we sleep.
Another OC Register article by Pat Brennan, titled "Nuke chief: plant built for quake, tsunami" discussed how the San Onofre nuclear power plant was built with our particular tectonic challenges in mind.
If you would like to get some more information about why the situation at the Japanese nuclear power plant keeps being compared to the meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor, check out this narrated slide show from National Geographic. It may give you a better idea about why the accident at Chernobyl is considered the worst case scenario.The International Atomic Energy Agency has, as you would expect, a wealth of information about nuclear power, including ongoing updates about the Fukushima power plant in Japan, and details about the April 26, 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Last Modified on September 26, 2019
