2011-03-14, 04:52 PM
CommanderJinn Wrote:Just to add, from what I've heard, most international agencies or organizations that specialize in nuclear energy and plantations, have mostly said that the levels and near the nuclear reactors are 100-700 times greater than normal, but those numbers aren't incredibly hazardous. Right now the situation is bad, but not to the point where people will die from radiation sickness. Can it get worse? Sure, but right now, in all the chaos, I would say that we can't really trust any source regarding the levels of radiation near Fukushima Daichi.
Although, many people are suffering from radiation sickness. I posted earlier that at least 3 people where hospitalized for radiation sickness. I'll see if I can find a more recent article with more recent numbers.
@above: Its a little hard to tell, possibly because the Japanese government is (and as reported has had a history of) covering up information on these plants. At least one was, interestingly enough, too old to be safely operating anyway.
And my main concern here is a second Chernobyl. Overall, nuclear power has a very clean history, with only one major blemish from human error. My greatest fear is that this event will be a combination of katrina and chernobyl (incompetence an neglegence combined with a natural disaster).