No one has been killed or sickened by the radiation - a point confirmed last month by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Even among Fukushima workers, the number of additional cancer cases in coming years is expected to be so low as to be undetectable, a blip impossible to discern against the statistical background noise.
As the government tries and succeeds in killing the coal industry, and green alternatives turn out to be very minor contributors to the nation's power demands, realistic alternatives like nuclear power need to be reassessed.
However, it's going to be hugely difficult to climb over the public's mistaken perception that such power generation is supremely dangerous. That perception is thanks to green propaganda that seeks to stop such development using lies and exaggerations. Sooner rather than later, the nation will have to have a sober and realistic discussion about this.
Interestingly, I used my "civil defense" detector to see if I could measure radiation from Fukushima in Jupiter, Florida. The radiation cloud was carefully tracked and once it reached Florida, it, of course, rained. Sure enough, I was able to place the Mueller Tube near puddles of standing rain water and detect some minor radiation. This was unusual in itself, as it's not normally sensitive enough to pick up more than a "blip" or two every few seconds. Yet, it clearly indicated the recent rain carried with it, some additional radiation. By the next day, it was gone. I've yet to detect any additional radiation in the standing water. So, I suspect this was a one time event.
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