[Bob Seger]

Nuclear power is a LOT more regulated over here. Even so, there is nothing that can be made that mother nature can't tear down. I've worked in Nukes a lot, they are very safe. Japans backup system went down, because of the tsunami flooding the diesel generators. The radiation being detected is very low at this point. You get low level radiation from just walking around, or even eating bananas. If you chew tobacco or smoke, you should put a geiger counter up to those and see what happens. To be sure, those reactors could melt down and cause a catastrophe if they don't keep them cool, but as of right now, they are keeping them fairly cool. It coul get bad, but right now it isn't.

I'm not going to pretend that I know the first thing about nuclear power, because I dont, but this accident is being classed as a stage 6 with a stage 7 being the worst as far as severity. The media is reporting that the 50 workers staying are putting their lives on the line and one stated that he is not afraid to die to try to fix the problem. They had to retreat yesterday because of the severness of the situation. From a dummy on the outside looking in, that kinda sounds like it's bad to me.