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Originally Posted by Kanzaki88
Just a quick comparison to give people a better picture of the current danger and possible future dangers. The Chernobyl incident (which is considered the worst nuclear power plant disaster ever) was at a Category 7, which is the highest category of danger. Fukushima is currently at a 6, the second highest. Chernobyl was about 400 times more potent than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
I'm not trying to scare anyone, but it is that serious, or could be.
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Fukushima has just been upscaled to a 5, when you posted it was still a 4. That doesn't make it any less serious, but I just happened to read this on the news so I thought I'd let people know.
In perspective, similar incidents that were later scaled level 5 are the Windscale Fire in the UK (1957) and the Three Mile Island accident in the US (1979). None of those accidents spawned any victims. They just had to evacuate the nearby area (like they already have done in Japan) and in the UK they destroyed a lot of milk that was produced around the area, but there were no signs of any danger to public health.
In Japan's case, the workers at the plant are at quite serious danger, though. For that reason, I can see this being upscaled to a level 6 but I don't think the general public will get hurt.