Though few members of the public are aware of it, at Three Mile Island the melted fuel rods breached the primary containment vessel, took one horrified look around, and then melted their way back inside. But that report didn't surface until 5 years after the "incident."

We have a lot more "lessons to learn" about Fukushima-1, and it will take years to learn what they are.

Meanwhile, the nuclear industry has a new and safer model to sell you, and there might even be some truth to their statement.

Charley Noble