"The Japanese reactor accident at the Fukushima Daiichi I plant is already the second worst nuclear power plant accident, second only to Chernobyl."
-- Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist at C.U.N.Y.
[http://bigthink.com/ideas/31595]
I've gotta say that I'm mighty disappointed in him for making that statement. As a trained physicist of international repute, I'd expect him to be one of those who would inform the public of the differences between the Fukushima reactors, and those of Chernobyl, but no. He chose to fan the flames of hysteria.
Very sad.
Not at all surprising. Being a lib is much more important to him than being a physicist. Just like our alleged energy secretary.
I'm disappointed too, but not the least bit surprised. The only reason he's of "international repute" is because he flings himself in front of any camera he can find anywhere in the world in order to pontificate and bask in the fawning attention of sexy but dimwitted news-babes who think he's smart just because he's a "theoretical" physicist.
He is a long-standing anti-nuclear axe-grinder, and his shameless lies and exaggerations about the Cassini probe's RTG leading up to its launch in 1997 mark the beginning of my loathing for him. Fanning the flames of hysteria is his standard M.O. - it's what he's been doing for over a decade, whenever he can find a camera to leap in front of.
And it may be true that it's the "second worst since Chernobyl," but that's not saying much. How's it compare to the sustained nuclear bombing campaign waged against Nevada or the Marshall Islands, for instance?