Reply #4: The reasoned view was NEVER that we had nothing to worry about

[franzia99]

Numerous independent physicists had been warning all along that this could be Chernobyl on steroids and that TEPCO and Japan were downplaying the seriousness of the situation.

Let's see, Chernobyl caused cancer in people who lived over a thousand miles from the plant. I saw an article recently that said in Germany people still can't hunt and eat the wild boars because they're too radioactive from eating the plant life. Chernobyl happened in 1986.

Fukushima has 3 breached reactors and 4 spent fuel pools and the Japanese have made no progress in getting the situation under control. Chernobyl had only one reactor and no spent fuel pools. So, this could be "Chernobyl on steroids" as some have warned. There is a reasonable possibility that YOU, yes you in California will be exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. You've already been exposed to some. Despite what the media says, independent physicists are saying yes, what you've been exposed to already could cause cancer, but the risk is still low.

I don't think we have enough info at this point to assess the true risk, but it could be catastrophic even for you in California.

PS. Enjoy the tens of thousand of tons of radioactive water that Japan is sending your way.