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Monday, March 28, 2011

Reviewing the underestimations and overestimations of the Fukushima Nuclear Incident

Reviewing the underestimations and overestimations of the Fukushima Nuclear Incident

On the underestimation side of the Fukushima incident, was the initial assessment that the problem would be a INES 4 incident that would be less than Three Mile Island. This was accurate at the point that it was assessed but because of problems and difficulties at the reactors and then at the fuel ponds caused this to be an INES 6 incident. INES 6 is between Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. The IAEA chief indicated that the Fukushima nuclear emergency could still go on for weeks, if not months, given the damage to the plant. There will be ongoing efforts to fully control and then clean up the situation

There was also an underestimation of the issues at the fuel ponds. 


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