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One was in 1986 and the other in 2011, so I would expect the safety to be better in the second one. Both were INES Level 7. And Fukushima hasn't killed anyone..
by m0skit0 12y ago
One was in 1986 and the other in 2011, so I would expect the safety to be better in the second one. Both were INES Level 7. And Fukushima hasn't killed anyone... yet.
- gadders 12y agoThere was no "yet" with Chernobyl. People died within weeks.
- TheOtherHobbes 12y agoThere is a "not yet" with Fukushima. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster_casualties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disas... As usual with long-term exposure, cause of death becomes a statistical and actuarial question. Incidentally, Chernobyl almost sterilised large areas of Europe and Russia. One of the official documentaries explains what would have happened if the initial suicide squad efforts had failed - it would have been far worse than anything in history.
- 13 12y agoPeople died within minutes.