[gunsequalfreedom]

The first sign they did not have a handle on it was when the roofs started to blow off the buildings and after that, fighting the problem with water-dropping helicopters.

Getting a handle on it is going to take decades and in the mean time there are large areas of Japan that will be uninhabitable, constant concerns over local sources of food and water and many people facing uncertain futures due to the health effects of the radiation.

Count me a skeptic but there is no getting a break from what has already happened.

[meatloaf]

I wouldn’t worry about it. You can always hide under your bed ... or educate yourself about nuclear power. Hint .. they cannot explode like a nuclear weapon.

[paulycy]

Count me a skeptic but there is no getting a break from what has already happened.

It seems like there will be an uninhabitable circle 100 miles in diameter around those plants.

[driftdiver]

You’re not a skeptic. You’re also not very well informed.

[Straight Vermonter]

...there are large areas of Japan that will be uninhabitable, constant concerns over local sources of food and water and many people facing uncertain futures due to the health effects of the radiation.

Yes, like in Hiroshima. It will never be inhabitable.