If the “radiation” was removed with soap and water then it was not radiation but contamination. Somewhat the same thing but not entirely. Think an pile of dog crap. Contamination is the pile, radiation is the smell.
Remember 3-mile Island. Carter and his gang of roving idiots allowed that serious problem to become fodder for late night jokes and official policy for the last 30 years.
Don't think Obama and company will NOT use this to shutdown future nuclear plants in this country and possibly go after the ones we have.