[justa-hairyape]

That has about a 30 year half life. They will be dealing with higher then background Strontium-90 Levels for about 200 years (assuming of course that half life decay occurs at its rated decay rate). And of course that assumes that another one of these old and defective BWR’s does not blow up in the meantime.

[ransomnote]

Given the increases of human suffering and genetic mutation encountered thus far - it’s crushing to think of that 200 year half life - or the thousands of years that Plutonium lasts.

There’s actually evidence that recriticality is still occurring in at least one of the reactors and this is believed to explain why some areas in japan have increased levels of radiation in September compared with readings taking in June. It’s not over yet.