I really think if all that comes out of this incident is 160 confirmed cases of radiation exposure, compared with all the chemical contamination from wrecked car batteries or with entire towns of tens of thousands of people being washed out to sea, the nuclear accident will actually be the least of this earthquake's long-term impacts.

You almost sound like you're itching for an actual reactor core explosion.

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11