A new analysis has been prepared for Greenpeace Germany by Dr Helmut Hirsch. His assessment is based on data published by the French government's radiation protection agency
(IRSN) and the Austrian governments Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG).
The total amount of radionuclides iodine-131 and caesium-137 released since the start of the accident until March 23rd, as reported by the two institutes require the Fukushima accident to be reclassified to the same level as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster twenty five years ago in April 1986.
In fact so high are the releases that they are amount to three INES 7 accidents.
In contrast to the Chernobyl accident which involved one nuclear reactor, Fukushima has suffered major failures at four.
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