Do you know what “critical” means, from a reactor physics viewpoint, in a chain-reacting system? From the moment these reactors shut down, which happened immediately upon sensing of the seismic event, there has been absolutely no credible evidence to indicate that they have been anything other than subcritical (i.e., shut down from the aspect of neutron multiplication). The neutron monitors have shown no evidence of criticality, and many of these are extremely sensitive, down into the range of 1E-9 % of full power.
You need to tell that to the guys running the show who keep telling us about it no longer being critical, not yet critical, has not returned to critical, etc.
I don't think there can be so many instances of this type of language and it merely be my fault for not understanding ~ these things are NEVER supposed to go critical under these conditions, nor be capable of returning to criticality!
Mine is a world of correct grammar and perfect spelling. Words have meanings. Nuance has implications.
And what about the 600,000 spent nuclear fuel rods?