Or how I learned to stop worrying and love category 6 nuclear disasters. This is typical MIT hubris. Nobody knew om march 12 what was happening, even the operators, and even now nobody knows how bad thing are or how bad things will get.
I am getting tired of asking this, but which facts are wrong in the revised article?
I do know some of the claim have been contradicted by other experts, however.
One that I haven't seen agreement with is the claim that if the fuel achieves a full melt down, the chances of that melted fuel escaping are low. Most reports I've read aren't so optimistic to say the least.
Another point that is not wrong but simply unmentioned is the danger of high-level nuclear material stored around the plant. When spent nuclear fuel loses it's cooling water, it seems capable of going into meltdown also. There currently seems to be considerable worry about this happening.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Possible_damage_at_Fuku... (updated )
"Concern is growing over the status of fuel cooling ponds at units 4, 5 and 6."
++Also, the spent fuel and the reactors themselves are separate problems, so I fail to see why an article about the reactors in under obligation to mention them.++
UPDATE: I concede that the article should be updated to include the #4 fire, as that is very pertinent (see below).
But I would expect a (supposed) expert in nuclear power who writes an article titled "why I am not worried" to know about this.
And while I am not an expert, I do know enough to know spent fuel has to be considered part of the system of a nuclear power plant and thus keeping it safe is part of keeping the entire plant safe.
Edit: Think of it as a physic text homework problem. You have various facts listed throughout the problem, but your job is to use a correct formulas applied in the right sequences in order to derive a correct answer (aka interpret data "facts"). Simply re-stating the facts won't give you credit for the problem - the correct answer will (aka "conclusion").
I completely support the nuclear energy and i consider Chernobyls is just a cost of doing business. Yet all this hysteria - everything is ok! everything is doomed! Com'n, we lost 30km area in Chernobyl, we'll lose a few kilometers diameter zone in this case - again it is the low price for the progress - we lost much more land for the roads for cars, we've been killing a lot more of animals and people for other reasons. Relax, we're making progress.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/challenge/csr/nuclear/cycle-e.html