Sheer ignorance
You see the problem with most of the news coverage and so called 'expert' opinion is the sheer level of ignorance that they convey.
I have listened to the experts who the various news channels keep trawling out for an update. The language they use such as 'radiation leak' and 'radiation into the atmosphere' tell me these people dont know what they are talking about.
A few facts for you.
For radiation in the levels that has been touted in the press (~400mSv/hr, they dont say if this is gamma or beta gamma) there has to have been a breach of primary containment and reactor material is in the environment.
For levels to be detected as far away as 100 miles reactor material is in the environment.
There is a massive difference between radiation (emanating purely from inside the reactor core) and contamination (from material escaping to the environment). Please dont throw words such as radiation around with such gay abandon if you dont know how to use them.
Thankyou.
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