Remember our discussion of the 7-level system for labeling nuclear incidents? Remember how surprised we all were that Fukushima was being rated at level 5? Well, they've raised the level all the way to 7, putting it on par with Chernobyl. Estimates say the radioactivity released is already about 10% of Chernobyl and also that it doesn't show signs of stopping anytime soon, so it could in fact surpass the total release at Chernobyl.
Check out the news story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/world/asia/13japan.html
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