The Hakone Ekiden is the world's biggest road race, 2 days of road relay action with Japan's 20 best university teams racing 10 half marathon-scale legs from central Tokyo to the mountains east of Mount Fuji and back. The level just keeps going higher and higher , hitting the point this year where there are teams with 10-runner averages of 13:33.10 for 5000 m, 27:55.98 for 10000 m, and 1:01:20 for the half marathon. It's never been better, and with great weather in the forecast it's safe to say this could be one of the best races in Hakone's 102-year history, especially on Day One. If you've seen it then you know NTV's live broadcast is the best sports broadcast in the world, with the pre-race show kicking off at 7:00 a.m. Japan time on the 2nd and 3rd and the race starting at 8:00 a.m. sharp. If you've got a VPN you should be able to watch it on TVer starting at 7:50 a.m. on the 2nd , and again at 7:50 a.m. on the 3rd . There's even a 2-hour high...
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Quite useful information is found in the blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://allthingsnuclear.org/
http://twitter.com/#!/arclight
Writer is a U.S. nuclear engineer being repeated interviewed on CNN, Fox etc. for his views on the situation. With regard to the "Why I'm not worried..." article he says:
RT @nasilva: @arclight Hi, what's your view on this article? http://t.co/cUjPpsV < THIS. Fantastic, clear summary!!! Please read!
I recommend you read his whole twitter feed going back to Friday. The Union of Concerned Scientists is an anti-nuclear group.