NYT: Fukushima Cleanup May Take Decades

Despite the rosy tone the New York Times reporter used, the real message here is that “many evacuated residents must accept that it won’t happen in their lifetimes”—and

that radiation levels inside homes had dropped by only about 25 percent. That left parts of the city with levels of radiation four times higher than the recommended maximum exposure.

And

Experts say residents can return home safely only after thousands of buildings are scrubbed of radioactive particles and much of the topsoil from an area the size of Connecticut is replaced.

Even forested mountains will probably need to be decontaminated, which might necessitate clear-cutting and literally scraping them clean.

The Soviet Union did not attempt such a cleanup after the Chernobyl accident of 1986

Tell me again why nuclear power makes any sense?