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To: Errant
Well, I guess its problematic at this point. I'll just say I'm not as pessimistic. It don't think this will reach INES Level 7 (like Chornobil) even in the worst case. They've still got containment (unlike Chornobil) and I don't think we'll see catastrophic failure of that.

That's not to say it won't be a long road to recovery. Remember to keep things in perspective. I just saw on Drudge that they have 27,000 reported dead or missing in the larger disaster. That is the real tragedy. The reactors have caused no fatalities and a handful of injuries. That said, they'll have to keep working as hard as they can on the Fukushima situation, but on balance they have a lot of other things on their plate as well.

291 posted on 03/25/2011 10:51:28 AM PDT by chimera
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To: chimera
Certainly the death and destruction from the tsunami is the larger disaster for now and I suppose it makes many uncomfortable to think things could get worse (especially those in that field). Don't buy trouble, so to speak ...

I think it's just the nature of some of us to try to think several steps ahead and evaluate possible outcomes. It probably has more to do with the type of careers we've had than some personal trait. Depending upon your own situation, that can be either a good or bad thing.

292 posted on 03/25/2011 11:16:28 AM PDT by Errant
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