1. A long shadow over Fukushima.
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Smith, Jim
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NUCLEAR accidents , *CESIUM & the environment , *RADIATION protection , *CRISIS management -- Social aspects , *CHERNOBYL Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986 - Abstract
In this article, the author discusses the potential long-term impact of Japanese nuclear crisis in which he regards as Chernobyl, Ukraine accident's reflection. He states that although the contamination's extent in Fukushima, Japan is not yet defined, the long-term effects are to be determined by caesium-137. He says that caesium-137 contaminated Fukushima in a wide range. Meanwhile, the Chernobyl event taught the people the essence of psychological and social actions to cope with radiation.
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- 2011
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