Well, they're evacuating all the plant workers. If there are no personnel on-site at the plant... I think it's pretty safe to say that the fuel rods will continue to melt down. And fires are the best way to spew radiation into the atmosphere.
OF all places in the world, Japan is BEST equipped for alternative/non-atomic energy sources... I think this should be a lesson to the rest of the world that nuclear power isn't infallible. Even modern light water reactors.
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