Geoff Brumfiel

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Senior reporter with Nature magazine

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The melt down of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant likely released twice as much radiation as originally reported.

Japan's Nuclear Mess Is Still Deep in Hot Water

The melt down of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant likely released twice as much radiation as originally reported.

from To the Point

The explosion at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986 set the standard as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power.

Japanese Government Equates Fukushima Disaster to Chernobyl

The explosion at Chernobyl, Ukraine, in 1986 set the standard as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power.

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