"Let me say the possibility that the development of this accident into one like Chernobyl is very unlikely," Yukiya Amano told a news conference at IAEA headquarters in Vienna.
A quote from this article leaves the world in question about this being a possible wake-up call for our leaders as to the use of nuclear energy during this huge crisis...is fossil fuel the safer way to go?
This is a big controversial issue pertaining to the world- no one wants another blow like Chernobyl or even worse... since we do not know the possibility of the threat this could become, it is time for our leaders to question if our use of nuclear energy is life threatening an needs to be altered.
There are many interesting comments are also given at the bottom of the article as to what the world should possibly do.
Interesting points on an important issue. However, I think that all this talk of doing away with nuclear energy is still a little too premature. Japan suffered a cataclysmic earthquake, the 4th strongest in recorded history. If an asteroid hit a nuclear reactor, does that mean nuclear power isnt safe. Obviously a disaster of this magnitude will cause such an aftermath. I think the debate should rather be over either building reactors to withstand such sesmic instability or to perhap remove nuclear energy from Japan and other seismic hotspots, not the whole world.
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