IAEA says "Fukushima is not "out-of-control"...(wtf?)

[SoCalDem]

a banner on MSNBC whizzed by, with that "message"..

That tells me a LOT about IAEA.

A skeleton of a nuclear power plant that is "leaking radiation", run by a suicide mission of 50-100 people who are sacrificing their lives for their job & country , while they crawl around in the dark amidst rubble from repeated EXPLOSIONS, is not what I would call "in control".

[leeroysphitz]

Perhaps nuclear scientists have a different definition of "control" than you do.

At least as it pertains to nuclear disasters.

[meegbear]

17. +1

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

20. or perhaps they are willing to say anything to avoid mass panic.

[Wickerman]

1. When I read this, I think of Bacon

Kevin, that is:

[Thunderstruck]

2. That fucking thing has been out of control since day one, FFS.

[Dappleganger]

3. These bullshit statements don't help anyone.

Are they supposed to be the scientists and engineers?

[reformist2]

12. They help investors if they want to get out!

[Dappleganger]

19. LOL, good point!

[truebrit71]

4. I think their opinion is as valuable and truthful as those being officially released from Japanese..

..authorities...ie Not very...

I think as soon as they had the first explosion and realised there was no way to get the cooling pumps back on they knew that the battle was never going to be won. I suspect it was always about limiting it as much as possible before the inevitable happens...

I think that this will make Chernoybl look like a campfire in comparison by the time it's done...and that is a terrible thing to contemplate..

[BeFree]

5. I hope they are right

I pray they can keep the damage to a minimum.

[bluecoat_fan]

6. It is under control by the laws of physics not humans, so they are correct.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Under control = if you don't see a mushroom cloud then all is well

[AKDavy]

8. No power systems; no cooling systems; no control systems

The only thing under control is the information.

Every major emergency has two organizations: 1) an Incident Management Team composed of technical experts (command, planning, logistics, finance, operations) and a Crisis Management Team composed of experts of a different kind (executives, lawyers, public relations). The IMT is responsible for actual damage control, while the CMT is responsible for financial, legal and reputation damage control.

Guess which team manages the information that is released.

I'm not a nuclear engineer, just an engineer/scientist trained in emergency response. There is no control here, and even the illusion of control is gone.

[flamingdem]

9. Winds have shifted towards Tokyo, trying to prevent full on panic, imo nt

[Marblehead]

10. I don't think they have

any control and are shooting in the dark.

[Octafish]

11. There's nothing left to control.

What earthquake, tsunami, and hubris didn't ruin was pretty much rendered useless by all the explosions.

[fascisthunter]

13. ok, and this is why people will die....

[madmax]

14. I don't think we can trust anyone.

Ok, yes - I'm getting paranoid. :(

[Cetacea]

15. Noticeable change in media coverage today

There are no live reports. Today's repeated message is that the radiation poses no harm to Americans. One reporter from CNN who is live from Japan mentioned that radioactivity levels are high but that officials don't know how high exactly. Overall coverage has dropped considerably today, at least on cable news stations.

[truebrit71]

16. Yup..I think they know the defecation has made contact with the rotary oscillator..

..and are trying not to panic the general public...

[Cetacea]

18. Yup. Shades of BP circa July 4th weekend

Media became united in "the water is safe. C'mon down" and coverage dropped off considerably.

[godai]

21. They didn't say that it was 'in control'.

Let's hope that it never goes completely out of control. You agree right?

[nilram]

22. whew, well then, I guess everyone can move back to their homes next door.

I'm glad that's over with!