more fun news from fukushima

Oh no, the Fukushima incident is making me jaded and cynical!

But then again, why not? Thanks to R1ck for the link. My favourite quote:

NISA spokesman Yoshinori Moriyama told a news conference Wednesday that TEPCO officials visited the agency on March 7 with calculations showing that a tsunami higher than 10 meters could hit Fukushima Dai-ichi. Moriyama said TEPCO officials used a piece of paper to explain their findings but did not submit any documents.

He said it was not clear how long TEPCO had known of the possibility before notifying the agency.

Meanwhile, the Japanese government seems to think that turning off some of the lights inside the Yamanote line's trains will fix things. But not everyone seems content to let this glide by: some scientists have a thing or two to say.