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Putting Chernobyl in Perspective

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
March 19, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 11:30
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With the world gripped by fear that the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants may turn into “another Chernobyl,” perhaps it’s worth examining just how bad Chernobyl actually was.

Putting Chernobyl in Perspective By Josh Gilder

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