The latest from Japan: 11,004 are confirmed dead, and 17,339 are missing after the March 11 quake and tsunami. Updates from the weekend's developments in the nuclear crisis: Water in a trench outside reactor number 2 at Fukushima shows very high radiation levels. Two workers who were injured from contact with a highly radioactive pool of water were today discharged from the hospital. This weekend, TEPCO gave conflicting readings of radiation levels inside Fukushima, prompting confusion and concern over the reliability of their data and the safety of workers at the plant. In related news, there is controversy over the fact that shelters in the hardest-hit areas of Japan are requiring radiation screening certificates for displaced people who enter, but that the nature of the screening methodology is scientifically dubious. Also this weekend, 1200 anti-nuclear demonstrators showed up at TEPCO headquarters, demanding that nuclear reactors be shut down. Traces of radioactive particles have been detected as far away as Massachusetts. (links for Japan-based news sources in this item via Mizuko Ito, who you should follow on Twitter.)
Japan: death toll rises, nuclear crisis continues with fears that reactor is leaking contaminated water
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