[ducttape45]

The only thing I know is from an email I got from his wife. All she said was that he's ok but stuck at work until mass transportation gets back online.

Hopefully I'll hear more from him soon. I appreciate your concern. :-))

[lonevoice]

These poor people. Trying to contain potentially catastrophic emergencies while contending with such immense devastation from the quake and tsunami seems nearly impossible. Summary/updates below:

Kyodo news reports a fire has broken out in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture.

It's not immediately clear if there is a risk of a radioactive leak as a result of the fire at the plant.

Kyodo also reports that an emergency core-cooling unit had been activated at Fukushima nuclear plant, without giving further details.

Evacuation ordered

FNC now reporting the cooling mechanism has failed