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Fukushima Radioactive Fallout Nears Chernobyl Levels

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Re:Sensational! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    More sensationalist bullshit [citation needed]

    Wow, your clearly not of the level of intellect expected from someone browsing slashdot [citation not needed douche]

  2. Re:Sensational! by yes_really · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are. The issue is that Reactor No.3 uses MOX fuel. Nuclear power is sick but using plutonium is insane. Japanese guys didn't watch enough of those nice japanese animes about humanity, insanity and technology :-/. If No.3 has a melt down and really leaks or does not get under full control (e.g. continues to pollute the atmosphere) the impacts will be horrible for dozens of years.