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Pictures of before and after the tsunami and earthquake in Japan March 2011 from abc.net.au. Clever slide graphics. interactive

This is a news about pump fails at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi.

pictures and videos of earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

Once the fuel rods that contain radioactive Plutonium and Uranium begin to melt within the inner six-inch thick stainless steel vessel, tremendous amounts of nuclear material are released into the air surrounding the nuclear plant. This graph indicates that any air over Japan will come to the United States within days. It is for certain that nuclear monitoring stations on the west coast of the United States will be closely monitoring the atmosphere for any nuclear particles.

The graphic shows where the tsunami is heading towards, after the hit in Japan.

How safe are nuclear plants when they are built directly on fault lines. It is important for people and scientist to look at the land and what is hapening underneath it when deciding where to put nuclear and other dangerous structures.

The interactive Before&After graphics show the damage that was done to Japan, and can compare.

The numbers of people killed, missing, rescued and evacuated in each area of the north-east coast hit by the tsunami

Japan earthquake: Ian Sample on efforts to contain the nuclear accidentAfter three explosions and two fires at the Fukushima nuclear plant workers seem to be losing the battle to contain the radiation. Day by day Ian Sample will be talking us through all the developments, starting with 15 March. Click through to follow the latest events ...

This article is about the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last Friday was powerful enough to shorten Earth's day by 1.8 microseconds and throw an extra 17 cm into the planet's wobble.

This is an information about Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

Shows the effects that will take place in human body - also specifically described (organs) can pick which part that interests you. Formatted in a diagram of human body.

News article about Japan making progress in nuclear crisis

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Japanese nuclear industry have agreed that Japan won't be experience a Chernobyl incident. The IAEA provided a scale for nuclear accidents and the Fukushima is at level 4 while Chernobyl was at level 7.

Great map of the scale of Japans disaster with links to many good videos and articles.

This shows why the people in Japan are worried by the radiation.

A detailed map showing the connection between earthquake activity since 1973 until present day and the positioning of nuclear power plants.

The amount of Japan-Related tweets in the past 2 weeks

The data for the Nuclear plants in Fukishima, Japan.