What Price the Fukushima Meltdown? Comparing Chernobyl and Fukushima
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Selden, Matthew Penney |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466011011363 |
| OpenAlex | W4410182997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
On April 12, 2011 the Japanese government officially announced that the severity of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster had reached level 7, the highest on the International Nuclear Event Scale. Before Fukushima, the only level 7 case was the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, whose 25th anniversary was marked on April 26. Two and a half months after the 3.11 catastrophe, the first to affect multiple reactors, TEPCO and the Japanese government continue to struggle to bring the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi under control. TEPCO estimates that the problems could be solved in six to nine months now appearing extraordinarily optimistic and plans have been announced to close nuclear power plants deemed of particularly high risk such as the Hamaoka facility
Fukushima Nuclear Accident · Nuclear physics · Nuclear power plant · Physics · Nuclear reactor physics and engineering · Radioactive contamination and transfer
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2013 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |