Japanese spokespeople (government and utility) from the beginning were engaged in giving out partial information, and interpreting data to suit the moment.  It was rather obvious to anyone who followed the news carefully.  The explosions at the very beginning caused multiple damages.  The finessing of information was at times comical.  It really did not matter if the containment was breached or not.  The system of pipes that circulate water from/to reactor is not strong enough to withstand the blast, and the radioactive matter had come out right there, and kept on coming out ever since.  The thousands of tons of sea water being put into reactors has disappeared, and obviously, gone underground and into the sea through cracks.  The explosions and steam spread radioactivity into atmosphere, circling the globe many times over.  Limit to fishing within a certain range is another farse. The currents that collide in the ocean right at the Fukushima, insured that the water is taken by the North Pacific Current, and split off into spurs towards Alaska, and southward along US and South America.  Good luck telling fish to stop migrating. 

Scores of nuclear scientists have damaged their reputation by giving testimonials that things are under control, when it was clear to lay people that it could not be.    I miss Soviet Union --- it was good for the environment.  Imagine what kind of investigations would have been mounted it that happened to be a Soviet nuclear plant?   This would have been a global crisis.  But good old corporate buddies need to be protected, and the Japanese Government is doing great job.  Mr. Kan will take responsibility?  And then what?  He will keep droning on and on about economy, taxes and usual stuff.  And the nuclear disaster is looming.