Implications of Japans nuclear crisis for Korea

By Daniel P. Aldrich and Mi-kyoung Kim

A preliminary risk calculation released by the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan on April 11 prompted the Tokyo government to raise the alert level from current 5 to 7, an equivalent of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.

The implication is that the scope and severity of radioactive damage in the vicinity of Fukushima Prefecture are far more serious than originally projected. While the locations of Fukushima nuclear power