Between corrupt government(s), TEPCO in full on CYA mode, and the anti-nuclear crowd, how in the hell is one to determine who to believe about any of this? Just wall-to-wall propaganda.
I agree with this. Yes, it’s REALLY bad but I’ve never seen hard numbers and direct measurement comparisons between Fukishima and Chernobyl. I’ve seen lots of fearmongering. Who’s to be believed?
My money is on the Fukushima disaster being much more deadly than is being reported. TEPCO cleaning this up would be like having a regional power supplier in charge of cleaning up a nuclear meltdown in the US. Here in Illinois it would be like CILCO ‘maintaining’ a melted down nuclear power plant in Clinton (if you’re familiar). The results will be known, but not that soon. Several national governments are complicit in this, including the Japanese and ours. The Russians had the sense to cap Chernobyl with tons of concrete. The Japanese are using tarps and hoping nothing bad happens to topple reactor #4. It’s not a good situation.