collection: How Fukushima (Japan) is and isn't like Chernobyl

Japan provisionally upgrades nuclear emergency to a maximum 7 on scale of atomic crises, on a par with the '86 Chernobyl disaster

Reference: "Chernobyl released about 10x the radiation spewed into the atmosphere by the Hiroshima atomic bomb."

jayarc TEPCO warns that the radiation emitted from Fukushima could eventually exceed that released by #Chernobyl. http://bit.ly/e2Vrox

gmeroni RT @wireditalia: Cosa significa che Fukushima ha raggiunto Chernobyl http://bit.ly/ep9Z6k

USAGodG20 RT @freepresss: Japan Raises Nuclear Disaster Level to 7, Same As Chernobyl: Not mentioned in this Washington Post story is the... http://bit.ly/gdLKSe

egg1111115 RT @MonotoneTim: Well... crap. BBC News - Japan: Nuclear crisis raised to Chernobyl level - http://bbc.in/fvb8FM

Chernobyl Annya -- a young woman cared for by Chernobyl Children International's hospice program in Gomel, Belarus. @Robert... http://fb.me/w7PiY1iq

mai_sperancolo Chernobyl Legacy - Para nunca esquecer… http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl http://tumblr.com/xrd23clkzi

kinell88 Shit. So the japan #Fukushima situation is now on the same level as Chernobyl.Maybe now is time to invest in SAFE underwater sea turbines

euanldavidson RT @Front_News: The Fukushima nuclear crisis level has today been raised from a Level 5 to a Level 7, giving it the same crisis rating as Chernobyl in 1986.

southrngirl77 RT @CONSERVISTdtcom: JAPAN NOW ADMITS: IT'S CHERNOBYL... http://9.bb/4SE7 http://f.tatsn.com/a

newsmeback RT @nowpublic: Fukushima Daiichi Put on Par with Chernobyl: NISA Level 7 http://bit.ly/ic3fPp half a minute ago via twitterfeed

MJsElena Ok is it really as bad as Chernobyl or do they speculate that it could be? Sometimes I think the news elevates the dangers to get attention!

renatinh_a Japan nuclear agency provisionally raises threat level from 5 to 7; highest possible level; on par with Chernobyl. http://on.cnn.com/ee1VvM

Lilucita RT @oaxacaya: 1986 fue Chernóbyl; ahora es Fukushima... http://bit.ly/e2MkfP #Fukushima #Japón

bellacaledonia RT @marmite_news: As nuclear crisis deemed on par with Chernobyl, #Japan is facing third disaster in over a month [aljazeera] http://bit.ly/gYPe5D #Fukushima

kikionearth RT @Front_News: The Fukushima nuclear crisis level has today been raised from a Level 5 to a Level 7, giving it the same crisis rating as Chernobyl in 1986.