The Sad Desolation of Fukushima Today [pics]

TheAtlantic presents 40 photos showing the current state of the area near Fukushima, Japan, two and a half years after the tsunami’s devastation.

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Wild Monkeys To Help Detect Radiation From Crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant

MSNBC reports –

Wild monkeys fitted with collars containing detectors and GPS transmitters will help researchers at Fukushima University measure radiation in the forests surrounding a nuclear power plant crippled last March by a powerful earthquake and tsunami. The monkeys will wear the collars for a month and they will be remotely detached, says a team of scientists led by Professor Takayuki Takahashi.

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2011 Reviewed in 3 Minutes by Google [video]

Japanese Tsunami – 6 Months Later [pics]

The Atlantic presents a set of striking photos showing the clean up and rebuilding process under way in Japan.

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Video Shot Inside A Car That Was Swept Away During Japan’s Tsunami [video]

Meltdown Has Occurred At Fukushima Reactor

The Telegraph reports –

Engineers from the Tokyo Electric Power company (Tepco) entered the No.1 reactor at the end of last week for the first time and saw the top five feet or so of the core’s 13ft-long fuel rods had been exposed to the air and melted down. Previously, Tepco believed that the core of the reactor was submerged in enough water to keep it stable and that only 55 per cent of the core had been damaged. Now the company is worried that the molten pool of radioactive fuel may have burned a hole through the bottom of the containment vessel, causing water to leak.

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Japan’s Suffering Continues – Crocs Donates 100,000 Pairs of Shoes

The Denver Post reports –

Niwot-based Crocs Inc. announced today that it has donated 100,000 pairs of shoes to Feed The Children and other organizations, which will work to distribute to those hardest hit by the recent earthquake and resulting tsunami.

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