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i like it when scientists say "the situation is under control" after the roof was bombed off.

You should have read the article which explains why this explosion wasn't nearly as dangerous as it seemed to be.

it's the first post on his blog and we are certain he is no lobbyist. citing foreign experts you happen to know personally somehow is commonly used in popular science literature.

a catastrophe not as bad as chernobyl can still be pretty bad.

There are many really dangerous things going on there, but the explosion was relatively harmless.

> and we are certain he is no lobbyist

Are we?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2319473

And you should read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14plume.html

If the US Navy is fleeing for cover 60 miles away from the reactors, the situation is SERIOUS.

While I'm not really calmed by the original article ("my father has nuclear experience"), I'd suggest that it may be just a case of them not being really needed in the area, and moving just in case.

No, it doesn't have to be. The natural reaction to any nuclear threat is to over-react :)

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