Fukushima Professor Michio Kaku Explains Fukushima Situation

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9. Too much hyperbole, not enough transparency.

I agree substantially with Michio Kaku here, however with a caveat. What we need, above all, is full transparent disclosure. We need scientists on the ground, taking measurements and publishing their findings. And not TEPCO employees!! (Who seem to want to save face when they should be hiding their faces in shame.) So I cannot support Kaku entirely on this even though I agree with some of what he says. He is speaking from the sidelines. He speaks of meltdowns. Who is saying that there have been meltdowns that have escaped containment? I have heard reports that have claimed both that there is, and that there has not been, a meltdown. Who does one believe?

Only full transparency will solve the problem. We need the best people on the ground, taking and reporting measurements, observing what is actually happening at Fukushima Daiichi and reporting those facts in a dispassionate and responsible manner. Of course, a little peer review wouldn't hurt.

There is too much hyperbole and opinion and not enough actual science being reported here. Even Kaku is stating opinion here.

What does the data say? Nobody knows, possibly because it's either not being collected, or it's not being reported. There's speculation and opinion all over the map. Some of it is clearly falsified. Some of it is clearly fraudulent. (In a vacuum of information people make shit up.)

That is the message that Kaku should be bringing to the public.