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In reply to the discussion: America in 'huge trouble,' says nuclear expert [View all]EX500rider
(12,556 posts)She's a "biomedical photographer"! lol
However, what the Senator said though sounded fairly reasonable :
(from his webpage)
"Washington, D.C. After an onsite tour of what remains of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facilities decimated by last years earthquake and subsequent tsunami, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki looking for ways to advance and support clean-up and recovery efforts. Wydens principal concern is the relocation of spent fuel rods currently being stored in unsound structures immediately adjacent to the ocean. He strongly urged the Ambassador to accept international help to prevent dangerous nuclear material from being released into the environment."
That's a far cry from the worlds is ending though. And chances of another earthquake and tidal wave hitting the exact same spot in a short time frame are very slim but indeed possible though improbable. Lets hope they finish the clean up before that happens!
An example what a real scientific article about the event looks is more like this: (notice all the footnotes and graphs) http://www.pnas.org/content/109/16/5984.full.pdf+html