My mom is freaking me out - Japan fallout

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You didn't seem to get my point, so I'll try again. At Chernobyl, the graphite in the reactor core caught fire and dispersed a massive amount of radioactive particles in smoke that blew across Europe on the "air currents," as you put it. This was a much greater release than has occurred in Japan so far. The furthest measurable radiation was found 700 miles from Chernobyl. The official position of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is that there is no way that any radiation levels of concern will travel 5,000 miles to California. There is a lot of experience with tracking the dispersion of radiation from the hundreds of atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. and the USSR and others.

Not the pp you are responding to but, OK, that's the official position... but did you watch the two videos? Do you still agree with the official position?

Yes, and yes. Helen Caldicott has made a career out of being anti-nuke. You don't trust Chairman Jaskow of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (who was hand-picked by Majority Leader Reid -- who is far from a fan of the nuclear industry), but you are going to blindly believe Helen Caldicott? I do have to admit that I didn't watch the entire Leuren Moret video -- after I counted six factual errors in the first five minutes of her talk, I decided that I was about to waste an hour of my life that I would never get back.

Interesting. How do you know about the factual errors? Can you share examples? Just wondering about your background in this.... thanks!