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Radio: Fukushima ranked Level 8 on newly developed nuclear scale, above Chernobyl (CHART)
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Level 8: Multi-source major nuclear accident requiring international assistance and monitoring
In the first hour, nuclear energy expert Scott Portzline talked about the shutdown at the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant and related issues. According to Portzline, the San Onofre plant is at risk of a 'guillotine accident' in which a steam generator tube breaks, decapitates other tubes, that in turn cause even more steam generator tubes to rupture. If this happened, operators would have a difficult time maintaining control, he noted. Portzline disclosed that large amounts of radioactive tritium have been pumped into Lake Ontario by Canada's nuclear power stations. "Tritium is dangerous because it gets into the human system as water... [it] is coming out of all nuclear plants," he warned. Portzline also commented on how easy it is to sabotage nuclear power plants, spoke about the Fukushima disaster and how likely the total radiation release from that accident will exceed Chernobyl, and called for a new scale to measure nuclear incidents.
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