Japan Times: Discharges of Fukushima nuclear material “have effectively contaminated the sea"

[magical thyme]

10. Whoa....I rarely disagree with you, but really?

"Because no one foresaw something like this."

Those of us opposed to nuclear have foreseen potential for meltdown disaster since, oh, about day 1. And recognized that, regardless of the odds against a single, major disaster, it really only takes one single major disaster to fuck up a significant chunk of the world for a really, really long time.

Or did you mean that no proponents, or designers or builders foresaw potential for meltdown? Or potential, in this case, for earthquake *and* tidal wave hitting a nuke plant built next to a major fault line in an area where earthquakes tend to generate tidal waves? It's really too bad it took having it happen for them to have the imagination to consider that possibility.

That said, I'm really glad some people have changed their minds about nuclear and decided it really is too risky...