[Joe Boucher]

Sure glad I’m not the insurance company on the hook for this mess.

[DB]

‘Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Tuesday afternoon that radiation readings at the plant’s front gate had returned to a level that would not cause “harm to human health.”’

That seems like a pretty lousy measurement standard.

Wouldn’t the radiation level at the front gate have a whole lot to do with which way the wind is blowing?

[dynoman]

There’s got to be more to this, I can’t see how basically metal fuel rods burn, and if they did how they could be extinguished so easily. They would most likely melt and end up like the elephant’s foot under Chernobyl.

[SE Mom]

Reuters:

TEPCO says there is radiation reading of 100 millisieverts near the no.4 reactor building. uk.reuters.com

[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Well, if there is one thing this whole situation with Japan's nuclear plant has ensured, it is that the enviroweenies will now have ABSOLUTE evidence (in their minds) as to why our country should NEVER build any more nuclear plants. I wouldn't count on the U.S. EVER having nuclear power plants in the foreseeable future...

[Rummyfan]

I’m basically ignoring the major media on the nuke plants’ status. They’ve been talking about an impending meltdown - since Saturday morning!

[fightinJAG]

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