Six Ways Fukushima is Not Chernobyl

[Beetwasher]

The crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi has already been dubbed the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, and the situation there continues to worsen.

But along with references to the "ch-word," as one nonproliferation expert put it [1], experts have been quick to provide reasons why the Daiichi crisis will not be "the next Chernobyl."

Experts have noted several key differences in the design of the reactors in question, as well as in the government's reaction to the crisis:

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[yowzayowzayowza]

Even if this ends up with a festering pile or two, twill be far short of Chernobyl.

[Treestar]

Chernobyl was designed much earlier, I'm assuming. And it was in the USSR, which wasn't famous for running things well.