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Fukushima Radioactive Fallout Nears Chernobyl Levels

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 24, 2011 @07:29PM from the yeah-but-what's-the-actual-danger? dept.

0WaitState writes "The cumulative releases from Fukushima of iodine-131 and cesium-137 have reached 73% and 60% respectively of the amounts released from the 1986 Chernobyl accident. These numbers were reached independently from a monitoring station in Sacramento, CA, and Takasaki, Japan. The iodine and cesium releases are due to the cooking off of the more volatile elements in damaged fuel rods."

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Fear-mongering Technobabble by pipingguy · 2011-03-24 19:40 · Score: 5, Funny

OMG, we're all gonna die! Again!
Re:Sensational! by ObsessiveMathsFreak · 2011-03-24 20:48 · Score: 5, Funny

The article uses scientific notation to give the radiation release in becquerels.
It is impossible to be sensationalist when using scientific notation!

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Re:Sensational! by presidenteloco · 2011-03-24 21:34 · Score: 5, Funny

"Spending a year close to Fukushima itself will have ZERO observable health effects."
Go for it. I'm sure they could use your assistance there.

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Re:Sensational! by zach_the_lizard · 2011-03-25 00:36 · Score: 5, Funny

You rang?

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