The nuclear disaster unfolding at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan (six reactors with spent fuel pools and an additional common pool) are very troubling, raising concerns about worker exposure, land and sea contamination, public health, and the costs of clean-up and isolation. And, it isn’t over yet. Despite reassurances from the reactors’ operators Toyko Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Japanese 
government, as well as our very own homegrown nuclear apologists – the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the possibility of a more catastrophic ending remains…Read More