NISA commentary on INES level 7

Here is the official briefing, right off the NISA section of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry site:

APRIL 12 DOCUMENT / NISA-METI INES Level 7

You'll all note, again, the factor of ten or one order of magnitude difference between the estimated total emissions so far as comparing the accident at Fukushima Daiichi and at Chernobyl-4.

I would just add one thing again, for whatever it is worth: In reality what is occurring at Fukushima Daiichi is a compound event. Essentially there are three reactor accidents in progress simultaneously; there are also what might be called two spent fuel pool incidents and two spent fuel pool accidents in progress at the same time (the spent fuel pool situation is far worse at No. 3 and No. 4 plants, it seems.) So then we have essentially SEVEN simultaneous event chains in progress at the same site, each of which would be newsworthy by itself; all of which are complicating each other. We should keep this in mind when we continue to refer to the "Fukushima Daiichi Accident."

11:40 AM Eastern Tuesday 4/12
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