[Palladin]

Yah, right...”experts say”...

[EGPWS]

The greatest concern however is what effect is this tragic chain of events in Japan going to have on global warming? /MS

[cripplecreek]

Aww c’mon man, we got some top notch hysteria going on here.

[Mariner]

"Japan nuclear health risks low, won't blow abroad, experts say"

Unless something changes...again.

[CynicalBear]

Experts say eggs are bad for you……wait…..experts say eggs are good for you!
Experts say coffee is bad for you……wait…..experts say coffee is good for you!
Experts say……..wait…….they changed their mind on that one too!

[Dan Cooper]

Back in 1945 there were two major radiation leaks. I’m pretty sure that the whole West coast of the United States was contaminated and everyone died. /s

[PDMiller]

Been thinkin’. The Sunday shows all trotted out the dire projections and political fallout that nukes will endure due to this. Let ‘em build that narrative. Then when it's shown that nukes can take a punch like the fourth strongest quake known to man with no human toll it becomes a P. R. winner. Keep in mind, also, that the lack of reliable backup power caused the cooling water crisis. Wind and Solar are the King and Crown Prince of intermittent and unreliable power and are not suitable alternatives. Stay positive.

[Species8472]

Radiation Risk and Ethics by by Zbigniew Jaworowski

SNIP -

The established worldwide practice of protecting people from radiation costs hundreds of billions of dollars a year to implement and may well determine the world's future energy system. But is it right?

SNIP-

It was under the same assumption that an ad hoc Soviet government commission decided to evacuate and relocate more than 270 000 people from many areas of the former Soviet Union where the 1986–95 average radiation doses from the Chernobyl fallout ranged between 6 and 60 millisieverts. (See the definition of the sievert.) By comparison, the world’s average individual lifetime dose due to natural background radiation is about 150 mSv. In the Chernobyl-contaminated regions of the former Soviet Union, the lifetime dose is 210 mSv—and in many regions of the world it is about 1000 mSv. The forced evacuation of so many people from their—presumably—poisoned homes calls for ethical scrutiny. Examining the physical and moral basis of that evacuation action and other radiation policies is the subject of this article.

Long read but good, comparing man made(minuscule) with natural and background radiation.

[R4nd0m]

First, when the cooling system failed we were told that the situation is under control and there is no risk of radiation, now that the whole thing has blown up, we are told once again that the 'risk' of widespread damage is low...... wonder what poor souls (ordinary Japanese) are actually going through....

All we can do is pray wholeheartedly for their safety

[Palladin]

All you wiseguys better take a look at today’s news.

Don’t blame me if all your young-uns are born with two heads.