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UW expert: Fukishima simillar to Three Mile Island

People all over are looking for some historical context regarding the explosions at Japan?s Fukushima nuclear plant, caused by earthquake activity. Chairman of the UW-Energy Institute Mike Corradini says it?s inaccurate to compare the incident to the massive meltdown at Chernobyl. He says the radiological consequences of the Japanese incident are more similar to Three Mile Island.