Japan’s Nuclear Crisis Made Simple for Children
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1 min readMar 17, 2011
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The worst case, Allen said, would be if winds pushed a radioactive cloud south toward Tokyo and Japan’s highly populated cities. If that were to happen, he said, the consequences would likely be greater than the 1986 accident at Chernobyl, where an entire area of Ukraine had to be evacuated because of the radioactive conditions that increased the risk of developing cancer.
Nuclear worst-case expert Dr. Michael Allen explains what he believes is the worst-case scenario for the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. He and Nuclear Boy’s narrator are somewhat at odds.
