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The Fukushima 2011 Disaster
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The Fukushima 2011 Disaster

by Ronald Eisler
December 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
152 pages
4h 8m
English
CRC Press
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36 The Fukushima 2011 Disaster
Figure 5.1 Survival time and associated mode of death in humans after acute whole body
doses of gamma radiation (modified from Hobbs and McClellan 1986 and
UNSCEAR 1988).
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material escaped from Fukushima when compared to Chernobyl (Whyte
2011). Others disagree and conclude that the Fukushima nuclear plant
released far more radiation than government estimates (Brumfi el 2011),
owing to under-reporting of spent nuclear fuel releases ...
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