5,000 cases of thyroid cancer were diagnosed among ukraine s victims exposed to the leak. in all, nearly 350,000 people were forced to abandon their homes. as a radioactive cloud blew over ukraine, belarus, and russia. and the psychological damage. chernobyl led to mavis relocations, a shot to the economy, and mutations in animal and plant life in the surrounding region, a no man s land of 36 miles still surrounds the chernobyl site. now a chilling confession from the japanese government. the nuclear nightmare in japan is now ranked with chernobyl. when scientists talk about clean-up efforts, they don t speak in terms of months or years but centuries. so four weeks into japan s nuclear crisis, it s clear we re still in the beginning of what will be a very long and difficult story.
pretty good position to make some recommendations for the long-term health of the public. now in terms of the evacuation order that has been issued, i ve heard a lot of dialog going on in terms of maybe we should have evacuated earlier. when the protective active recommendations are made you take a look at the circumstances that you re presented with in the moment and trying to make a judgment call in terms of are people going to be better served or better protected by staying put in shelter as opposed to evacuating. it has takes into consideration the passage of a radioactive cloud and things like that. what the pars don t address and and where we sit what do you do afterwards. after the radiation has deposited on the ground what do you do now? what do you do you now? that s the big question here. they re trying to contain the crisis, but what s next? it s a great question. and again, if we can make a bit
children were also impacted. 5,000 cases of thyroid cancer were diagnosed among ukraine s youngest victims exposed to the leak. in all, nearly 350,000 people were forced to abandon their homes as a radioactive cloud blew over ukraine, belarus and russia, and the invisible damage, the psychological wounds were also astounding. chernobyl led to massive relocations, a shock to the economy and mutations in animal and plant life in the surrounding region. a no-man s land of 36 miles still surrounds the chernobyl site. now, a chilling confession from the japanese government. the nuclear nightmare in japan is now ranked with chernobyl. when scientists talk about cleanup efforts, they don t speak in terms of months or years, but centuries. so, four weeks now into japan s nuclear crisis, it s clear, we re still in the beginning of what will be a very long and
a level 6. by comparison 3 mile island was rated a 5. chernobyl rated a 7. we don t know a lot. there s a lot more to learn. the radioactive cloud through over the atmosphere. should a disaster occur in japan it will not be confined to tokyo. is there a nuclear cover up in japan? history tells us it has happened before. it is shrouded in mystery. in the former soviet union may 1st. 1960 it became one of the prime targets on the ill faded surveillance flight. it was shot down by s level six occurred when there is a serious accident and there is a significant release of radioactive material into the environment. how does this compare to
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