User blog comment:Phoenixlight13/Japan Earthquake/@comment-1393830-20110317212135/@comment-1393830-20110318020809

Oh, it most certainly will not get as bad as Chernobyl. Chernobyl saw the only time the actual nuclear core melted down. It was mishandled and when the meltdown started, they had no idea what to do. Nuclear energy plants are much safer than that nowadays and feature many security measures to prevent meltdown (I will spare you my speech on the U.S should use more nuclear power), All Japan needs to do is fix the computer systems to allow the power plants to safely shut down. It should only take a day or two of work. The only problem is the radiation but I don't believe it is anywhere near dangerous levels yet.