TEPCO: 950 million becquerels of radioactive cesium per liter of water detected near No. 2 reactor

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Just so you know, a becquerel is a very small unit of measure

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This is not to say that you'd want to be near such high concentrations for a long time, but if you're worried that this much is enough to contaminate, say, the entire Pacific ocean, it's way, way, WAY far from that.

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If the sum total of concentrated radioactive material (to WAY overestimate it) from Fukushima were as big one millionth of a square mile (a cube about 53 feet on each side), then completely dispersed through the ocean the material would only be at a concentration of a seventieth of a trillionth part.

I'm certain this can be described belittlement as in "the problem is too small, in the wider sense, to worry about". The only thing you admit to is "local hotspots" which is hardly a ringing condemnation of this ongoing disaster or even an expression of slight concern about how TEPCO can possibly deal with the escape of contaminated liquid.

I'll admit you are not as bad as the Baggins above who seems to draw comfort from the fact that one litre of water is emitting less radiation than a building weighing hundreds of tonnes.