Fukushima - they are planning to move fuel rods from the hottest spent storage pool in Nov. (scary)

[Art_from_Ark]

17. There are earthquakes in Japan every day

Forget magnitude, the main concern is about the *intensity* of an earthquake that might occur in the area around the reactors. There were several aftershocks in the reactor area (known as the Fukushima Hamadori district in Japan) after the 9.0 earthquake, many of them registering as "high potential for major destruction" on the Japanese seismic intensity scale (6 on a scale of 7), and while there was a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in the neighborhood last week, its seismic intensity at the reactor site was calculated as only 4 (hanging lamps, etc., start swaying, some things might fall off of shelves).

At this stage, it would have to be a really catastrophic accident to render an even greater area uninhabitable (currently approximately 230 square miles).

I live about 100 miles from the complex.