At least 10,000 feared dead in Japan disaster: police says news from
http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/13/meltdowns-may-have-occurred-in-two-reactors-japan-govt.htmlTOKYO: Japan’s government said Sunday it expects the economic impact of Friday’s huge 8.9-magnitude quake, and the devastating tsunami that followed, to be “considerable”.,,,,
The government has said at least 1,000 people were believed to have lost their lives, but the police chief in badly hit Miyagi prefecture said the death toll there alone is certain to exceed 10,000.
worse is Nuclear reactor on to of these faults.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUcnmGG94g I am surprised, Japan didn't move or shut down that 40 year old plant..
The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所, Fukushima Dai-Ichi Genshiryoku Hatsudensho?, Fukushima I NPP, 1F), often referred to as Fukushima Dai-ichi, is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Okuma in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The plant consists of six boiling water reactors. These light water reactors have a combined power of 4.7 GW, making Fukushima I one of the 25 largest nuclear power stations in the world. Fukushima I was the first nuclear plant to be constructed and run entirely by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
Fukushima I – 1 BWR-3 October 1970[8] 460 MW General Electric Ebasco Kajima
Fukushima I – 2 BWR-4 July 18, 1974 784 MW General Electric Ebasco Kajima
Fukushima I – 3 BWR-4 March 27, 1976 784 MW Toshiba Toshiba Kajima
Fukushima I – 4 BWR-4 October 12, 1978 784 MW Hitachi Hitachi Kajima
Fukushima I – 5 BWR-4 April 18, 1978 784 MW Toshiba Toshiba Kajima
Fukushima I – 6 BWR-5 October 24, 1979 1,100 MW General Electric Ebasco Kajima
Fukushima I – 7 (planned) ABWR October 2016[10] 1,380 MW
Fukushima I – 8 (planned) ABWR October 2017[10] 1,380 MW
Zee.. The power hungry world.. At least the countries should move the plants out of that Earth Quake zones.. why build the plants on top of on top plate tectonics movement..