Workers have been taken to hospital, radioactivity has been detected in food and tap water, and it's not clear how safe the reactor is - but how bad is the situation really? What is radiation, and what does it do to us? And how can we make sense of the numbers flying around?
This website talked about almost everything we need to cover on Nuclear Power for IDU. It talks about how nuclear power was made, the disadvantages and advantages, etc.
We are looking at the pros and cons of nuclear energy. After the Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 we need to ask why was a nuclear power station built on a fault line and where are the others? from the people at goodtranparency (excellent website of infographics and data visualisation)
Health effects are the central focus of EPA's Radiation Protection Programs. This site talk about the long and short effect of radiation, health effect after amount of time exposing to radiation, and other risks of radiation exposure.
The US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency of America" suggest simple things to do to avoid radiation exposure such as wearing heavy clothes and making a shield to protect your skin from the radiation.