Tokyo: Japan's nuclear agency says the amount
of radioactive cesium leaked from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant
is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) says the
estimate released today was requested by a parliamentary
panel.
But it said a simple comparison between an instantaneous
bomb blast and long-term accidental leak is impossible.
Tokyo: Japan's nuclear agency says the amount
of radioactive cesium leaked from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant
is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) says the
estimate released today was requested by a parliamentary
panel.
But it said a simple comparison between an instantaneous
bomb blast and long-term accidental leak is impossible.
NISA has said the radiation leaked from Fukushima was
about one-sixth of what the Chernobyl disaster released in
1986.
"Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city at the end
of World War II.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 00:48