Fukushima has at least 20 times more radioactive inventory than Chernobyl — Ongoing, massive release of radioactivity and not over by a long shot

Published: March 31st, 2011 at 7:38 am ET
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Japan’s Creeping Meltdown: Optimism Evaporates, Arutz Sheva, March 30, 2011:

“We are experiencing an ongoing, massive release of radioactivity,” Wolfram Koenig, head of Germany’s Federal Office for Radiation Protection, told Der Spiegel. …

“And everyone should know by now that this isn’t over by a long shot,” nuclear expert Helmut Hirsch, says, “All I hear is that people are wondering whether this will turn into a meltdown. But the thing is, it already is a partial meltdown.” …

“This is not an exaggeration,” German nuclear expert Helmut Hirsch says. “There is a gigantic radioactive inventory at Fukushima. At least 20 times as much as there was at Chernobyl.” …

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Published: March 31st, 2011 at 7:38 am ET
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