Questions on the Nuclear Crisis in Japan

Smoke from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Japan, on Monday. DigitalGlobal, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Smoke from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Japan, on Monday.

3:59 p.m. | Updated New York Times reporters covering the scientific, public health, environmental and political ramifications of the nuclear crisis in Japan took questions from readers. Answers to selected questions are posted here.