Nuclear experts: Fukushima crisis may become 'global catastrophe'

Nuclear experts: Fukushima crisis may become 'global catastrophe' DigitalJournal.com According to Alvarez, if the 11138 spent nuclear fuel rods contained in the facility also went up in flames, it would unleash 85 times the amount of Cs-137 released by the Chernobyl disaster. In addition, a recent study of the meltdown at Chernobyl ...