Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
All is fine... but they evacuate people
Nothing bad could happen, but they use improvised last effort attempts and go a long way to cool the reactors just a little
Radiation is low, but staff keeps getting evacuated and sent back
Us experts arrive and next thing you know, they advice a radius of 80km and evacuate staff from embassies
But yeah, nothing really bad could possibly happen...

Tired of this Bs...
I'm reading this as an attempt to prevent a panic in Tokyo...
Things are def worse than they claim, but how much worse?
The impression I'm given is that things are pretty much on edge, able to go either way. They are attempting to hang on and make it through the next few weeks until things cool down a bit. Since they are using mox for some reactors, which contains some plutonium, there is a lot at stake. Aside from being toxic, it has a very long half life. I haven't any clue as to how much mox they do or don't use, so I don't want to overstate the point. However, a major release of radioactive materials, especially with a large amount of plutonium, could render an entire region uninhabitable for a long while. The half-life of the form used in mox is 88 years, luckily, and not other forms which are on the order of thousands or more years.