Here are some examples for you.
If you smile radiation wont harm you.
All the nuclear contamination is confined to the harbor.
Fukushima did not suffer a meltdown.
Okay well if it was a meltdown it was only partial.
Okay well if it was a significant meltdown it still did not breach the RPV.
Blah, blah, blah. Nothing but lies from the nuclear crowd so far. When, if ever, will they stop ? And I was sitting on the fence, in a neutral position, before they started the Fukushima lie train.
LOL!!
You’ve never been in a neutral position on the nuclear power question, at least not on Free Republic.
Firstly, Fukushima’s nuclear operations successfully shutdown post-earthquake. What happened after that, being destroyed by a tsunami, was not the fault of the plant’s operators and is not a nuclear accident.
The coolant systems were destroyed. Nuclear fuel gets very hot unless it is cooled, usually by water. However, after a period of time (I believe it is two or three years) the fuel can be set out in plain air and cooled in that manner. That is how spent fuel is stored at decomisioned Nuclear Plants like the former Trojan Nuclear facility at Goble, Oregon.
Was there a meltdown? Big f****** deal. I don’t care. The fuel isn’t going anywhere.
“But, but,...there is a big plume of radiation coming out of Fukushima and killing tens of thousands of people on the west coast of the US!!!”
I remember reading that here on Free Republic and responded very calmly — no. There haven’t been deaths in the US due to radiation from Fukushima. It is not happening.
I eat clams from Willapa Bay in southwest Washington State. I also eat wild salmon caught at sea off the northwest’s coastline as well as from the Columbia River. I have the means to test for the presence of radioactivity, and the seafood I just mentioned is not dangerous to eat.
Note: all seafood has a level of radioactivity. It is normal and States periodically check for it.