500,000 seems a reasonable number of 'early" deaths from immediate and local exposure. I would think that number would be much higher with the long term effects and the ongoing dispersion of radiation through air and seabourne contamination. That is, worldwide.

Kinda like the oil spill in the gulf... may be years before it washes ashore in Britain... but it will. May take MANY years before the radiation from Fuckedupshima affects the seafood and fish off of the North and South American coasts and many more years for it to affect the other oceans... but it will.

BP's limit of liabilty is $20B in the US... apalling. The damage will be far more and will extend to jurisdictions which have "no claim". And, we pay more for gas to fund their wars in Africa. What happens when the nuclear disaster in Japan threatens over 25% of the fish stocks of the world... in only the Pacific Ocean?

Sorry for the rambling. But I just wonder when people will wake the fuck up... you know... eh?