I am nearly isolated from the media right now (yesterday, my mom had to call us when there was a Tsumani warning because she correctly knew we wouldn't hear), but I've still heard a lot of fear based reporting on Japan's nuclear power plants. Some of it is irresponsible, some of it is just the nature of reporting. There has to be a STORY. (For instance, Mozilla has been getting a lot of press about the upcoming Firefox 4 release. Even though they are a confirmed non-profit and their CEO repeats that firmly in every interview, there's a lot of buzz about the company going public. Which they're not. No IPO. None. If there is, we'll buy us a California house and you can all come live here. But that's not happening.)
Two calm sites on the status of the reactor:
http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/information-on-the-japanese-earthquake-and-reactors-in-that-region
http://www.iaea.org/press/
And my summary: There has been damage to the nuclear power plant, including an explosion this morning that happened outside the primary fuel containment structure and didn't damage the actual reactor. At this point the damage has all been economic and no people or environment has been harmed.
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