Japan: earthquake aftermath Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown today by flooding a nuclear reactor with seawater after Friday’s massive earthquake left more than 600 people dead and thousands more missing. Towns in the country’s northeast coast were literally wiped away by an e via Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/japan_earthquake_aftermath.html Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown … Continue reading Japan: earthquake aftermath – The Big Picture