The Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) has published a report on the amount of dangerous atmospheric emissions from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster online for open peer review in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, and they are substantially different than those reported by officials in Japan.
By combining data from Japan and other parts of the world with atmospheric transport models, the NILU calculated that the release of the isotopes xenon 133 and cesium 137 make the disaster the most significant such event since the Chernobyl catastrophe.
They estimate the amount of the gas xenon 133 released to be over twice the amount released at Chernobyl and call it "the largest civilian noble gas release in history." Fortunately, xenon 133 does not present any significant health threats. The same cannot be said about cesium 137.
Researchers at NILU estimate that the amount of cesium 137 released into the atmosphere to be just under half of the amount released at Chernobyl. Cesium 137, whether in the marine environment or in the atmosphere, presents a very real threat to raise the risk of cancer in those exposed to high amounts, especially since its half-life is measured at about 30 years.
Source: NILU press release
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