Easter is about resurrection and we are about to see the resurrection of the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima after the twin battering of the tsunami and the reactor accident. That may be a surprising statement to many, but remember that the resurrection of Christ was marked not by his appearance, but by an empty tomb. An angel told Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, "He is not here for he has risen. Come see the place where he lay." This Easter in Fukushima will be marked by what Sherlock Holmes might have called the dog that did not bark.  There is no longer a hue and cry over radioactive plutonium poisoning the Japanese countryside. There is a lot of short half-life Iodine-131 and a lesser amount of Cesium137 about, mostly restricted to the immediate grounds of the reactor plant.  But workers are engaged in the clean up.  While there were some deaths from the tsunami and the hydrogen explosions, there has not been a single death by radiation sickness, nor...(Read Full Post)