Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: TEPCO Rose [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)Just one thing: I can't find where I wrote what you said I did, but I'll take your word on it.
As for what I did write above, I'm sorry about the typos, a missing word here or there that would have helped join predicate clauses or some such crapola. My eyes are getting old and I was never perfect, anyway. So, even with a typo or two, I don't see where I made any error of fact or in my analysis:
The explosion of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3 represents a major catastrophe with global implications. Going by what my own eyes tell me, based on the imagery from the explosion and the area after, whatever was inside Reactor 3 Containment got spread far and wide by the explosion and who-knows-what-else. Gosh. I don't have to be a nuclear engineer to see that.

Oh. You know who else says plutonium is no problem? TEPCO:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x760038
While the story's been scrubbed, it's still around the web. Plus, I have a copy of the original on a CD somewhere.
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2011/03/29/unbelievable-tepco-plutonium-found-on-5-locations-around-fukushima-plant-a-week-ago-but-the-deadliest-substance-on-the-planet-poses-no-human-health-risk/
While I do not know how much plutonium was released, I am keenly interested in knowing. My concern is not just for my own personal safety, I want to make sure you don't get exposed to any more radiation than absolutely necessary.