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"Please tell me again to take a deep breath."

Not today! TEPCO's actions have scored miserably on almost every level and the sooner they are taken over by some more responsible entity in Japan (there's got to be one somewhere!) the better.

The construction standards for resisting earthquakes were inadequate.

The tsunami wall was inadequate.

The improvised actions of the workforce were inadequate, and well beyond their training.

The management of top TEPCO officials was pitiful if not criminally negligent.

Could we do better if a similar natural disaster happened in coastal California? I seriously doubt that given what we have learned about this type of boiling water nuclear plant, and recent action by the NRC to approve the extension of Vermont Yankee's license to operate.

Charley Noble