”…not yet a situation to be optimistic about…”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, Nuclear Safety Agency

The Japanese media reports a magnitude 7.0 quake (US Geological Survey calling 6.6), it’s the second ‘big’ aftershock in the past 4 days.

The latest aftershock halted work on the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture.  TEPCo is not sure how soon they can restart the work.

The two big aftershocks may have caused a new problem at the nuclear plant: ”Now we are in a dilemma because we are seeing water which is pumped in to cool down the reactors showing up as pools of [contaminated] water in other places of the plant.”-Nishiyama Hidehiko, Nuclear Safety Agency