Fuel rod removal: Fukushima’s most dangerous operation yields first successes

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50. It also dissipates with distance. That's how it works.

Japan is about 5,000 miles from the west coast. I am not too worried, especially since the Japanese are obviously not going to do anything crazy. If they have trouble, they will stop and figure it out.

What I mean by "from the sidelines" are the people making hyperbolic statements who have no first hand knowledge of the actual situation at Fukushima. That's not very helpful when it comes to things like radiation which is generally a scary thing to people.

Why would anybody want to blow this up out of proportion anyway? It's bad, yes. But trying to make it sound worse does not help matters. The Japanese did not do themselves any favors by trying to hide things. Now many people will not believe them. I don't really blame those who don't trust them, but making shit up or inflating the dangers is almost worse.

They need to be open and frank about what's happening. That's the only solution.