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Originally Posted by August
Not to defend the Russians or the Japanese but the talking head at the news conference podium rarely knows more than the reporters in the initial stages of an event like that.
The reporter asks something like "Is there any radiation leaking?"
The response is "So far we have not had any confirmed reports of radiation leakage"
That translates into "OMG they lied!" later on when the facts of the incident become clear.
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Oh I know that most often the news can only deal in what it's got, but I've come to mistrust news agencies with 'sources' in the government when it comes to nuclear mishaps or anything embarrassing.
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Originally Posted by Osmium Steele
It was an explosion in a furnace used to melt down scrap containing low levels of radiation.
While it is a nuclear site, there are no longer any reactors on site.
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Fair enough, thanks for the info
