Japanese Nuclear Expert Compares Fukushima to 20 Hiroshimas in Viral Video

The head of the Japanese Radioisotope Center told Japanese lawmakers, on July 29, the recent nuclear disaster is the uranium equivalent of 20 Hiroshima bombs—the video of his testimony recently went viral.
Japanese Nuclear Expert Compares Fukushima to 20 Hiroshimas in Viral Video
Demonstrators during a protest outside the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) headquarters in Tokyo, on Aug. 2, 2011, against the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images
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Demonstrators during a protest outside the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) headquarters in Tokyo, on Aug. 2, 2011, against the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images)
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