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In reply to the discussion: So it turns out that nadinbrzezinski was correct re Fukushima [View all]FBaggins
(26,749 posts)This post is a perfect example. You have been shown multiple times that nobody ever said that plutonium wasn't dangerous. That was your imagination entirely... yet you continue to repeat it (destroying any credibility that you might have when judging other related events as the one you're discussing now).
For the current discussion - you must yet again be reminded that you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. You clearly claimed that they didn't admit the meltdown until two months later when that simply wasn't true. There's no room for debate or nuance... it's just flat wrong. Two months later (many MANY months faster than TMI) was when they first had data to confirm that there had been a FULL meltdown and that it had happened within the first day... but they (and yes, the Japanese government) DID report that at least two of the reactors experienced meltdown within a couple days of the event. At least a couple of the pro-nuclear posters here on DU were also saying so by that point. Nobody was trying to hide it because there was no possible WAY to hide it. You don't need to believe in TEPCO's honesty... just recognize that if there are hydrogen explosions and large amounts of cesium being released... the fuel in the reactor had to have been damaged. Once they told us that the fuel was uncovered, it was only a matter of time befor fuel damage unless they could get it covered again quickly.
Given all of the errors in the predictions and claims of the anti-nuclear fringe, I know that it's convenient to be able to claim that "they" were lying all along... but you don't get to reinvent reality for your own purposes. If deluding yourself helps you sleep at night, but all means continue... but trying to con others into buying into that delusion should be beneath you.