In a 06 April 2011 Reuters article they compare an explosion of a reactor core, to the explosion of the reactor buildings three weeks ago:  “The possibility of another hydrogen explosion like those that ripped through reactors 1 and 3 early in the crisis, spreading high levels of radiation into the air, was ‘extremely low’, he said.”

This statement is completely misleading. It makes it sound like an explosion of the reactor core wont be any worse the the earlier explosions of the reactor buildings. Reuters does cite Tokyo Electric Power Company officials as the source of this misleading info.

If TEPCo is saying a reactor core explosion isn’t that bad then they are flat lying. If a reactor core explodes it will release a constant stream of deadly radiation, much worse than what is happening now!

It is possible that the TEPCo official was simply saying he thought the chance of an explosion was low (just an explosion), not that the chance of another explosion with resulting spewing of radiation was low. But that’s how the Reuters article reads. However TEPCo now has a proven track record of lying to the public.

In any case, don’t let anybody fool you, a reactor core explosion is THE worst case scenario, for a reason!