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April 11, 2011
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How much worse will it get?
Today it was revealed that the Great 9.1 Japan Earthquake from one month ago, actually has caused the world's worst nuclear leak ever recorded.
On a scale of 1 to 7, (1 is classified as an "Anomaly", and 7 is considered a "Major Accident.") this accident is now at the top of the chart...a "7."
In comparison, Chernobyl was a level 7 accident, the highest level, denoting a "major accident," and "Three Mile Island" was classified a category 5, which is an "accident with wider consequences."
Here is the controversy going on in Japan today (Tuesday). The Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency rated the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant a 5 -- putting it on par with the 1979 incident at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island. Three Mile Island was "kids stuff" compared to this disaster in Japan.
The "chart" no one wants to rank a "7" |
This new ruling by the International Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has sent a new "shock wave" around the world.
If you remember, and I certainly do, the Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant literally turned parts of Western Russia and Europe into literal "ghost towns." It was considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, until today.
Image via WikipediaHow much radio activity have we been exposed to during the past 30 days? How will this effect the future of nuclear power? What are the "real" risks to people in Japan and around the globe?
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