A comparison of the scales of the Chernobyl accident and the Fukushima accident in Japan

Developments in the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant

How reactors at Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant were damaged

Original Source:UNEP/GRID-Arendal, May 2007

The map of Japan is superimposed on the European continent of the same scale. The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is placed on Chernobyl. The area in green is Fukushima Prefecture. (Modified by the Asahi Shimbun)