Meltdown??

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Originally Posted by somerfrost

Firemen, police, our military are often put in harm's way...they are all heroic and have my upmost respect, as do the folks in Japan but the moral issue of allowing people to sacrifice their lives to perpetuate a myth is my issue. Recent reports indication that the radiation from reactor #4 has reached the fatal level, moving folks in and out will not solve this if true. The Japanese have shown in the past that they will give their lives for their country, there is no moral justification for the government taking advantage of this for political reasons if the recent reports are correct.

I don't think they are worried more about political reasons, than that they are still trying to prevent 4 nuclear reactors from melting down.

I haven't seen anything about "fatal levels" (by which I assume you mean definitively lethal) in reactor 4, only that there was a rise with withdrawal of personnel today, now they are back.

Here's a pretty good update from this afternoon:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,7701045.story