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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (5) Slideshow Video Japan nuclear crisis Japan raises crisis level on par with Chernobyl Factbox: Nuclear event scale explained TEPCO wary of leak exceeding Chernobyl Second major aftershock in a day hits Japan Quake's economic impact worse than first feared Japan to explain reconstruction at G20 Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl | 3:21am EDT Japan quake's economic impact worse than first feared 2:40am EDT Winklevoss twins must accept Facebook deal - court 11 Apr 2011 Missouri's Democratic AG splits with Obama over health care 11 Apr 2011 China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge 10 Apr 2011 Discussed 137 Reid says Republicans want shutdown to close clinics 116 China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge 113 Obama, Congress struggle to find budget deal Watched South Korean "super gun" packs hi-tech killing power Mon, Feb 14 2011 X-47B - the future of autonomous aerial warfare Fri, Feb 11 2011 Ivory Coast's Ouattara says Gbagbo to face justice Mon, Apr 11 2011 Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl Tweet Share this By Shinichi Saoshiro and Mayumi Negishi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan put its nuclear calamity on par with the world's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, on Tuesday after new data showed that more radiation had leaked from its earthquake-crippled power... Email Print Factbox International nuclear event scale explained Mon, Apr 11 2011 Related News Tokyo Elec workers at Fukushima complex to evacuate 1:49am EDT Second major aftershock in a day hits Japan 1:27am EDT TEPCO wary of Fukushima radiation leak exceeding Chernobyl Mon, Apr 11 2011 Radiation from Fukushima 10 percent that of Chernobyl: official Mon, Apr 11 2011 Japan raises nuclear crisis to on par with Chernobyl Mon, Apr 11 2011 Analysis & Opinion Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, a deterrent against India, but also United States ? My experience covering Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Related Topics World » Japan » Natural Disasters » Nuclear Power » Related Video Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Japan Mon, Apr 11 2011 Frustration a month after Japan quake Japan police hold moment of silence Japanese PM visits devastated city 1 / 23 Police officers in protective suits observe a moment of silence for those who were killed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as they search for bodies at a destroyed area in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, about 18km from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, April 11, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Shinichi Saoshiro and Mayumi Negishi TOKYO | Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:21am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan put its nuclear calamity on par with the world's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, on Tuesday after new data showed that more radiation had leaked from its earthquake-crippled power plant in the early days of the crisis than first thought. Officials said it had taken time to measure radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi facility after it was smashed by March 11's massive quake and tsunami, and the upgrade in its severity rating to the highest level on a globally recognized scale did not mean the situation had suddenly become more critical. "Our preparations for how to measure (the radiation leakage) when such a tsunami and earthquake occurred were insufficient and, as a result, we were late in disseminating information internationally," said a senior official in Prime Minister Naoto Kan's office. Hidehiko Nishiyama, a deputy director-general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), said the decision to raise the severity of the incident from level 5 to 7 -- the same as the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986 -- was based on cumulative quantities of radiation released. "Even before this, we had considered this a very serious incident so, in that sense, there will be no big change in the way we deal with it just because it has been designated level 7," an agency official said. As another major aftershock rattled the earthquake-ravaged east of the country, a fire broke out at the plant, but engineers later extinguished the blaze. However, the operator of the stricken facility appears to be no closer to restoring cooling systems at the reactors, critical to lowering the temperature of overheated nuclear fuel rods. The official in Kan's official said that, at a news conference expected later on Tuesday, the prime minister would instruct plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) to set target dates for when it would halt the radiation leakage as well as restore the cooling systems. No radiation-linked deaths have been reported since the earthquake struck, and only 21 plant workers have been affected by minor radiation sickness, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. "NOWHERE NEAR CHERNOBYL" A level 7 incident means a major release of radiation with a widespread health and environmental impact, while a 5 level is a limited release of radioactive material, with several deaths, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Several experts said the new rating exaggerated the severity of the crisis, and that the Chernobyl disaster was far worse. "It's nowhere near that level. Chernobyl was terrible -- it blew and they had no containment, and they were stuck," said nuclear industry specialist Murray Jennex, an associate professor at San Diego State University in California. "Their (Japan's) containment has been holding, the only thing that hasn't is the fuel pool that caught fire." The blast at Chernobyl blew the roof off a reactor and sent large amounts of radiation wafting across Europe. The accident contaminated vast areas, particularly in Ukraine and neighboring Belarus, led to the evacuation of well over 100,000 and affected livestock as far away as Scandinavia and Britain. 1 2 Next World Japan Natural Disasters Nuclear Power Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (5) gruven137 wrote: Wow, tell us something that we don’t already know. This thing has been a 7+ nuclear disaster since it happened on 3/11. Apr 11, 2011 11:10pm EDT -- Report as abuse Adrian_Kurr wrote: I realize that this is a “preliminary” rating that will later be revised, but this seems, to me, like either a knee jerk response or a political response. What’s the practicality of this? It will just cause further uncertainty and yet more hyperbolic headlines from those “other sources”. How does this help? Isn’t this similar to rating every tornado as a category 7 until proven otherwise? Regardless of the immediately obvious situation. Apr 11, 2011 11:14pm EDT -- Report as abuse GeyeJo wrote: Three Mile Island was a non-issue. According to the WHO, there was some venting and no one was exposed to anything even remotely severe. If a “5″ means someone died, it was overrated. Fukushima – no one has died from radiation poisoning and no one has yet been projected to die so it still doesn’t even qualify as a 5. In contrast, tens of thousands of people died from the earthquake/tsunami and Japan is without power. Fearmongering over nuclear power does not help their country. 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