Chernobyl experts hopeful on Fukushima

Experts: Japan nuclear evacuees could eventually return to homes
Residents affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear incident in Japan could eventually return to their homes, compared with the Chernobyl site in Ukraine, which remains inside a large restricted zone, Ukrainian nuclear experts said. "If people like to return and they will have a dose of less than 20 millisieverts per year, according to international standards this is possible," said Oleg Nasvit, a radiation expert and nuclear physicist at Kiev's National Institute for Strategic Studies. "This is not about this circle of 20 kilometers but it is about the radiological situation," he added. The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)/The Associated Press