My GF just pointed me toward this (she knows I have been borderline obsessed with this since I heard about it) which seems to have a couple new tidbits of info
http://www.counterpunch.org/giambrone06272011.html
I also found these links upon further searching
This one regarding the media blackout.
And
this one which was referenced in the counterpunch article
So it seems to be a media said/nuclear people said situation. Personally I think as with most he said/she saids, the truth is somewhere in the middle, though I am rooting for the nuclear commission being right because that means no death and disaster.