Japan PM Says Nuclear Situation "Does Not Warrant Optimism.''

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Source: Kyodo News

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday left open what the Japanese people and the international community most want to know -- whether the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant would be brought under control anytime soon -- effectively saying only that the government is putting all its efforts into preventing the situation from worsening.

In a news conference two weeks after the deadly quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, Kan explained that the government is now concentrating its efforts on the nuclear crisis, caused by the twin natural disasters, and relief and reconstruction measures.

But he said the situation at the nuclear plant, experiencing radiation leaks and other serious problems, ''still does not warrant optimism.''

more: http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81073.html

[bloom]

1. That's one way to put it - when you have a plutonium leak /nt

[City Lights]

2. That's quite a statement. nt

[nc4bo]

3. So if the situation does not warrant "optimism", what exactly does it warrant?

Quit bullshitting people for God's sakes!!!!!!!!

[Junkdrawer]

4. Translation: "Run for your lives, but don't expect us to reimburse you for your losses"....

"We're Broke"