According to the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), only two accidents in history can be classified as level 7 events: the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 and the Chernobyl power plant explosion, which took place 29 years ago, on April 26, 1986. Whereas the partial nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima’s six reactors occurred when the plant was hit by a tsunami triggered by a powerfule earthquake, the fire at the Ukrainian power plant, the world’s worst nuclear accident in terms of death toll, was caused by human error. Facility operators, in violation of safety regulations, had switched off …read more
Source: Egypt Independent
