[ScreamingFist]

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) admitted for the first time on May 15 that most of the fuel in one of its nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant had melted only about 16 hours after the March 11 earthquake struck a wide swath of northeastern Japan and triggered a devastating tsunami.

So what? The fuel is slag in the bottom of a containment vessel.......is everyone on the West coast dead yet?

[bvw]

Amen, bro!

[Fido969]

is everyone on the West coast dead yet?

So, it's not a problem unless it kills everyone 5000 miles away?

[wolfcreek]

Last I heard, any illnesses from the released radiation would take years to become evident.

Making out like this is no big deal, helps no one and proves nothing.

[justa-hairyape]

The fuel is slag in the bottom of a containment vessel.......is everyone on the West coast dead yet?

You do know that the Japanese just recently expanded the evacuation zone ? That is usually not a sign that things are improving.

[Justa]

“The fuel is slag in the bottom of a containment vessel...”

I seriously doubt it. The fuel rods melt at >2000F, whereas the containment vessel is rated to <800F.