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Nuclear crises: How do Fukushima and Chernobyl com comparisone?
Japan has raised the gruesomeness level of its nuclear crisis from five to the maximum seven, putting the tinge at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on a par with that at Chernobyl in 1986. Mark Tran looks at the passings between the ii disasters
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guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 April 2011 13.59 BST

The number two reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Photograph: Tepco/EPA
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What is the bad level?
The International Atomic Energy Agencys (IAEA) international nuclear and radiological event scale ranks nuclear and radiological accidents and incidents by severity from one to seven. Until now, the 1986 Chernobyl accident was the only nuclear accident to consume been rated a level seven event, which the IAEA describes as a study release of radioactive literal with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures.



Officials from Japans nuclear and industrial safety agency (Nisa) estimate that the amount of radioactive material released to the atmosphere from Fukushima is much less than Chernobyl. A spokesman for Nisa said the immature ranking did not mean the Japanese plant comprise the same threat to public health or mixed similarly big releases of radiation as the Chernobyl disaster.
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What is the main difference between the two accidents?
At Chernobyl, explosions destroyed a reactor, evacuant a cloud of radiation that contaminated large areas of Europe. At Fukushima, which was damaged by an earthquake, the reactors still have mostly full containment vessels surrounding their nuclear cores. Japanese officials...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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