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I think for many people who cannot remember these times, they automatically assume that Chernobyl was worse, simply because how could an advanced country like J

I think for many people who cannot remember these times, they automatically assume that Chernobyl was worse, simply because how could an advanced country like Japan repeat the same mistakes. Clearly, both incidents were very bad, but to assume one is worse than the other, is probably a mistake, particularly considering the Fukushima incident was so recent.

bronson 10y ago
I don't know which one was worse. Does anybody? I do know which one killed more rescuers though, regardless of whose fault it was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Human_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Human_impac... vs. Fukushima's "As of September 2012, there were no deaths or serious injuries due to direct radiation exposures." Which is why I think the OP is demonstrably wrong. Impregnated jackets and shovels can't help with seawater leaks -- the two incidents are just too different. Apologies for the "send to death" wording, that was clumsy.
gozur88 10y ago
I remember those times, and Chernobyl was clearly far worse pretty much any way you want to measure it. But that was in the cards once the graphite caught fire. Light water reactors are inherently safer - the Japanese never had to deal with a fire you couldn't put out with water and they never had to deal with fly ash.
- ommunist 10y ago
  The Pacific Ocean was contaminated down to Hawaii after Fukushima. On the other hand, Chernobyl caused massive atmospheric conmamination in Eurasia. Fortunately tech was in place and dangerous clouds were mostly brought down in Bryansk region. Good for Poland, winds blew to the East. You cannot directly compare the magnitude and severety of consequences, but you can compare organisation and effectiveness of countermeasures. The Soviet Union in this was far more advanced country than modern Japan.
  - gozur88 10y ago
    >The Pacific Ocean was contaminated down to Hawaii after Fukushima. Which was meaningless unless you were closer than about twenty miles at the worst. The fact that you can measure it is irrelevant. Crops were contaminated by Chernobyl, and people ate those crops.
    - ommunist 10y ago
      Yup, I am the one. Very good dish.

bronson 10y ago

I don't know which one was worse. Does anybody? I do know which one killed more rescuers though, regardless of whose fault it was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Human_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Human_impac... vs. Fukushima's "As of September 2012, there were no deaths or serious injuries due to direct radiation exposures." Which is why I think the OP is demonstrably wrong. Impregnated jackets and shovels can't help with seawater leaks -- the two incidents are just too different. Apologies for the "send to death" wording, that was clumsy.

gozur88 10y ago

I remember those times, and Chernobyl was clearly far worse pretty much any way you want to measure it. But that was in the cards once the graphite caught fire. Light water reactors are inherently safer - the Japanese never had to deal with a fire you couldn't put out with water and they never had to deal with fly ash.

ommunist 10y ago
The Pacific Ocean was contaminated down to Hawaii after Fukushima. On the other hand, Chernobyl caused massive atmospheric conmamination in Eurasia. Fortunately tech was in place and dangerous clouds were mostly brought down in Bryansk region. Good for Poland, winds blew to the East. You cannot directly compare the magnitude and severety of consequences, but you can compare organisation and effectiveness of countermeasures. The Soviet Union in this was far more advanced country than modern Japan.
- gozur88 10y ago
  >The Pacific Ocean was contaminated down to Hawaii after Fukushima. Which was meaningless unless you were closer than about twenty miles at the worst. The fact that you can measure it is irrelevant. Crops were contaminated by Chernobyl, and people ate those crops.
  - ommunist 10y ago
    Yup, I am the one. Very good dish.