[DBeers]

The president said U.S. officials do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the West Coast of the continental U.S., Hawaii or Alaska. He repeated the statement for emphasis.

Someone needs to clue these idiots in the media in some facts.

Radiation requires a source -either a radioactive source or something contaminated by a radioactive source. Each and every item contaminated has a half-life -many measured in hours...

Will the US see radiation -not unless we see contaminated particles that have not decayed...

Americans are in more danger from radon gas (that also sets of radiation detectors) in their basements than they are in danger from Japan...

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Its clear...the Obama Administration needs to regulate, and if needed, BAN basements. Radon causes more lung cancer than smoking.

My guess right now...the ‘first wave’ of closures will be the GE ‘sister units’ to the one in Japan.

[aruanan]

Americans are in more danger from radon gas (that also sets of radiation detectors) in their basements than they are in danger from Japan...

And even then, areas of the U.S. with higher levels of radon gas and generally higher levels of background radiation have lower incidence of cancer than areas of low radiation. There is zone of exposure to radiation that is good for you and it's a lot higher than many think.