04-08-2011, 08:22 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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Location: East-central Canada
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Originally Posted by ralphie250
i think it's going to turn into chernoble. I hate to say it
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Q: How do the [Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island] accidents compare?
A: Events unfolding in Japan “appear to be more serious than Three Mile Island,” U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a congressional panel yesterday.
The disaster ranks 6 on a 7-step international scale for nuclear accidents, according to Andre-Claude Lacoste, head of France’s nuclear safety authority.
The International Atomic Energy Agency hasn’t updated the original rating of 4 on its website. Three Mile Island was rated 5 and Chernobyl was rated 7. Each additional point on this scale represents a factor of 10, so the accident at Three Mile Island was 1/100th as serious as Chernobyl, according to the agency.
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Q: What happened at Chernobyl?
A: The accident was caused by a power surge that led to overheating at reactor No. 4. A resultant fire and explosions caused the containment roof to cave in and sent radioactive debris, including pieces of fuel rod, spewing into the air, destroying a nearby forest.
Radiation outside the blast area was about 50 times greater than the peak inside Fukushima, and at least 31 workers and firefighters died within a few months. An estimated 4,000 children and adolescents developed thyroid cancer after consuming milk contaminated with radioactive iodine, I-131.
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Comparing Nuclear Events at Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island: Q&A - Bloomberg
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