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Originally Posted by Yellow band

That is exactly how it was with the Three Mile Island *accident*.It took days before we really knew the severity of the situation. Keep in mind, cell phones and social media did not exist, and we really only had news media to rely on. The steam was releasing radiation. That was all we knew. We knew nothing about a melt down, as I am recalling, for close to a week. It seemed as if everything was a secret. Far more people were affected than the 100,000 they estimated. Years later....the numbers were still acrueing. One thing I can recall, in hindsight, they said you can't alarm while informing.....

There seems to be a difference in the reporting. Although, politicians have sounded off about future nuke plants in the US and I do feel that coverage has been throwing out words like catastrophic, meltdown, and explosion in a way that isn't informing, but causing fear.

Just feels like there is a lack of truely explaning things like the role of containment structures and the types of filters that are used when steam is let out as part of the attempts at cooling. Finally, today a prof from Georgia Tech was on CNN that addressed the events and possibilities along with the systems for safety and how these work. he also did not try to deny that this is serious and he was not condescending.

Of course this is a serious event and worrisome and I want sound information, not fear laced reporting. And yes, I recall what you are talking about here with 3MI. many more people were affected than was reported- and data is still being collected. We need to have this information as well to make decisions or stands on nuclear power.