Comparison of the accident process, radioactivity release and ground contamination between Chernobyl and Fukushima-1

In this report, we have reviewed the basic features of the accident processes and radioactivity releases that occurred in the Chernobyl accident (1986) and in the Fukushima-1 accident (2011). The Chernobyl accident was a power-surge accident that was caused by a failure of control of a fission chain...

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Main Authors: Imanaka, Tetsuji, Hayashi, Gohei, Endo, Satoru
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732534/