Zandar's Thought Of The Day

Me, Saturday on the growing Fukushima Daiichi disaster:

The good scenario is Three Mile Island.  The bad scenario is Chernobyl.

International nuclear officials, today:

FLASH: French nuclear agency says Fukushima nuclear accident is level 6 on INES scale

Background on the INES Scale:

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) rates nuclear events according to seven levels, from anomalies (level 1) to major accidents (level 7). 

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which developed INES in collaboration with the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, the Chernobyl disaster was a level-7 event, while the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the US was a level-5 event.  

Called it 72 hours ago.  Best case was Three Mile Island, worst case Chernobyl.  We're right in between the two as of Tuesday.  And this is one of those times I wish I was dead wrong.