Japan's Situation

[Avidon]

The US government(??) announced that all US citizens with in a 50 mile radius should evacuate from the reactors. Whether that's to let the Japanese do their thing or not I do not know.

All very good points people are bringing out.

[Dauntless]

The US government(??) announced that all US citizens with in a 50 mile radius should evacuate from the reactors. Whether that's to let the Japanese do their thing or not I do not know.

All very good points people are bringing out.

Many other countries (France, Australia, etc.) have also done the same. That is a bit worrying but I'm not jumping to conclusions though. I'm hoping for the best.

[HFX7686]

I think a lot of it is fear being ramped up irresponsibly by western news media. Japan has three disasters on its hands. I don't think it can evacuate everyone within 50 miles right now. I'm sure they're doing the best they can and aren't sitting in some darkened room rubbing their hands while laughing maniacally.

The Japanese are the most calm about this situation it seems.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

People are freaking out way too much about this.

The radiation level is higher than normal in Japan right now. But the highest spike outside Fukushima was still lower than, say, the radiation you get from getting on a plane from LA to Tokyo, just from being close to space. It was somewhere around .000809mSv. The plane example produces .06 mSv. And in an average scenario, a person absorbs right around 6 mSv of radiation a year, just from being alive. So there's not much to worry about, outside of the plant.

The plant itself, and it's IMMEDIATE surroundings, is more dangerous. Radiation levels spike up to levels that could cause cancer or serious illness, which is why TEPCO is frantically moving workers in and out when its safest. But even in a worse case scenario (complete meltdown of one or more of the plants) the effected area would be around 50km, not 200km.

People saying that a 200km area around the plant needs to be evacuated are misinformed. These types of statements are mainly from sensationalist headlines, like the fiasco yesterday when the world apparently got the idea that TEPCO pulled all of it's workers out of the plant: No one mentioned that it was a temporary measure for less than an hour, and workers were back in before most of the stories actually got published.

Radiation levels are down this morning, but I expect them to spike up and fall down pretty much constantly until it gets under control. And it will get under control. I have full faith in the brave workers who are facing the real danger by working so close to the plants. We don't need to make it more difficult for them by panicking about things not worth panicing about.

[HFX7686]

Radiation levels are down this morning, but I expect them to spike up and fall down pretty much constantly until it gets under control. And it will get under control. I have full faith in the brave workers who are facing the real danger by working so close to the plants. We don't need to make it more difficult for them by panicking about things not worth panicing about.

I can't imagine what is going on in the minds of these works who stayed behind. They're calling them the Fukushima Fifty now. Absolutely amazing people.

[NrvnqsrKhaos]

They are heroes. No other word for it.