Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Highest security level declared: Fukushima bad as Chernobyl

The radioactive contamination after the nuclear accident in Fukushima is expected to reach the scale of the reactor catastrophe at Chernobyl. The nuclear regulatory authority in Tokyo raised the assessment of the nuclear accident at level 5 the highest level 7, which had been achieved so far only the accident at Chernobyl.


The day before the Japanese government had to evacuate additional areas. Meanwhile, Japan was shaken again on Tuesday by two strong aftershocks of magnitude 6, which also houses brought back in Tokyo to sway. The workers at the nuclear power plant Fukushima one were asked to reach safety.
The increase in the severity of the nuclear accident in Fukushima means the security level 7, that there are impacts on health and the environment in a broad context.

After the disaster at Chernobyl, a scale was created to inform the public about the severity uniform of a nuclear accident. On this seven-point scale Ines (International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale) has so far only the Chernobyl accident had received almost exactly 25 years ago, the highest ranking seventh Meanwhile, workers continue to try in Fukushima, bring the nuclear ruin under control.

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