Fukushima and Chernobyl

British engineer, John Large, made this observation to the Daily Mirror (UK) about the potentially long-term fatalities caused by the Fukushima nuclear accidents and release of high levels of radioactivity:

“While the radiation leak so far is only a tenth of that at Chernobyl, that was in a rural area with a low population. In Japan it’s an urban, densely packed area so the potential numbers of deaths and cancers are much higher.”

John Large is a U.K.-based engineer and internationally recognized consultant who contributes comment and opinion on nuclear and technical matters to national and international media.