Anti-nuclear protesters regarded the Chernobyl accident as a clear vindication of their campaign.

反核示威者认为，切尔诺贝利核电站核泄漏事故清楚地表明他们的反核运动是正确的。

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There have been 15 deaths from thyroid cancer attributable to Chernobyl so far, but Thomas says there probably won't be a single death in Japan.

迄今为止，由于切尔诺贝利核辐射引发甲状腺癌而导致死亡的病例为15人，不过托马斯说，这也不意味着在日本也一定会出现导致死亡病例。

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The Chernobyl accident led to extensive relocation of people, loss of economic stability, and long-term threats to health in current and possibly future generations.

切尔诺贝利事故导致大量人迁居，丧失经济稳定性，并给当代以及可能未来世世代代人的健康造成长期威胁。

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But the shutdown was mandated by the EU, where the Chernobyl-type facility is considered unsafe due to inherent design flaws.

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"Something else, which we hope does not happen very often, but which happens from time to time are the accidents which can release huge amounts of chemicals or radioactive-during Chernobyl, the radioactive things.

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Radioactive iodine caused thousands of cases of thyroid cancer in children after the Chernobyl accident.

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Both had been rated at accident level 5, again, two levels lower than Chernobyl.

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One huge difference between the Fukushima and Chernobyl circumstances relates to basic reactor facility design features.

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