Fukushima nuclear crisis severity is now officially level 7, the highest level on the international scale [Japan]

HURRY UP AND PACK FOR MARS, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.

I kid, I kid.

Even though the Fukushima nuclear accident is now officially rated as a level 7 incident, the same rating Chernobyl had, the two accidents are very different.

The nuclear accident at the Fukushima plant in Japan is ”very different” from the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, a senior International Atomic Energy Agency official said Tuesday.

He noted that in Chernobyl the reactor was in operation when the accident occurred, releasing high levels of radiation and causing wide spread of radioactive particles, while in Fukushima the reactor was stopped immediately after the magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami on March 11.

The government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said the release of radioactive materials from the Fukushima plant is about 10 percent of that from the former Soviet nuclear plant.

Don’t let mainstream media scare you with its exaggerated headlines. Things are bad, but not Chernobyl bad.