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Japan’s plan to dump radioactive wastewater has fuelled anger among its neighbours, environmental groups and people in the Pacific Islands. MONDAY marked the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, regarded as the worst nuclear accident in history. But some scientists contend that the damage caused by an earthquake and tsunami to Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 10 years ago was equally severe. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) classified both as “Level 7” nuclear disasters, as they caused massive health and environmental destruction. The Chernobyl calamity, which killed 30 people within two weeks, was caused by the flawed reactor design and operation by poorly trained personnel. The explosion at the plant, 110km from Kiev in Ukraine, shattered the building and spewed 5% of the radioactive reactor core, dispersing the toxicity to many parts of Europe.

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