Fukushima: Situation improving all the time

The reactors involved are a 40-year-old design and much less safe than modern ones. They were hit by an earthquake five times as strong as they were built to take, followed by a tsunami wave now assessed as having being more than 12 metres high - twice the height their defences were specified to withstand. It now appears that despite all this they have not and will not harm a hair on anyone’s head radiologically. Even everyday physical-trauma casualties have been very low compared to those seen elsewhere in the disaster zone.

via theregister.co.uk

The best place to get sensible, fair, science-based reporting about the Japanese nuclear disaster is from an often-cheeky UK technology tabloid. Go figure.

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