The problems are so far "beyond the design capacity" of the plant that the Japanese are working in uncharted territory, said Michael Friedlander, a former senior operator at U.S. nuclear power plants.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Enter web-comic celebrity Randall Munroe (of xkcd), and his friend Ellen, Senior Reactor Operator at the Reed Research Reactor, who have put together some charts which might help us make sense of all this radiation talk.

FORBES: Measuring the Radiation Threat

Because he knows these sectors, he can move quickly and charge a bundle, as in the case of nursing home operator Senior Health Management, which had 30 days to purchase 40 nursing homes that Kindred Healthcare needed to unload fast.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Because he knows these sectors, he can move quickly and charge a bundle, as in the case of nursing home operator Senior Health Management, which had 30 days to purchase 40 nursing homes that Kindred Healthcare (nasdaq: KIND - news - people ) needed to unload fast.

FORBES: Loan Shark

Over the long 2011 Memorial Day weekend, for tips and a few bucks an hour, I signed up to be a mobile cart concessions operator at the 72nd Senior PGA Championship.

FORBES: Connect

He's been a senior civil servant in several departments since 1997 and is seen as a good operator and adept at getting close to ministers.

BBC: The hunt for a new 'Sir Humphrey'

The senior members of the Group were less caught up in the show and the laptop operator was choosing the clips to be displayed with some care.

CNN: Former hostage: I was shamed by western use of torture