Fate of Japan and the Whole World Depends on No. 4 Reactor

[Sirveri]

66. I live on the west coast.

I have also worked in the US Navy's Nuclear Program. I understand radcon, I understand dosage limits, and I understand how all of this stuff works better than the majority of people on this board.

You seem to imply that I said this would be a good thing. I didn't. My objection is to the blatant fear mongering that accomplishes absolutely nothing, most of it being baseless.

The most likely thing that would occur is a noticeable spike in cancer cases over the next 20 years, however the public at large would likely be ambivalent/ignorant about it. There will be no mass exodus. There will be no large swathes of contaminated fallow farm land. People will still live, work, and raise children on the west coast. The majority will not notice or care. It will not be the end of the world. And that will be that.

And in the end, what other outcome would you prefer? Rioting on the streets? Millions fleeing in terror? Some other paranoid doomer fantasy? I've spent enough time looking at Peak Oil to have seen a lot of that outlook.