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via The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz on 3/15/11
The MSM has a series of terrific interactive charts, maps and animations:
Let's start with the WSJ's Pacific/Australian tectonic plates. Note how many major earthquakes have occurred in this region.
click for larger chart, go here for article and interactive graphic
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Next up is the NYT, which first looks at both how reactors work:
click for interactive graphics
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And then the specific issues in the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station:
click for interactive graphics
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Sources
Japan's Nuclear Crisis Escalates (WSJ)
Panic Selling in Japan Weighs on Global Markets (NYT)
How a Reactor Shuts Down and What Happens in a Meltdown (NYT)
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