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Koontia Japanin tsunamin aiheuttamasta ydinonnettomuudesta vuonna 2011

Nuclear Incident Team DoE [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; Map shows the radiation dose that would be received by people in the first year following the release of radioactive material from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. EPS’s guideline for relocation is over 2000 mR/yr (20 mSv/yr) which is area marked with Red.)
- Japanin ydinvoimalassa räjähdys – | Japanin tsunami | Teemat | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi; 12.3.2011
- Japan’s nuclear crisis: The story so far – environment – 15 March 2011 – New Scientist
- Why Fukushima Daiichi won’t be another Chernobyl – physics-math – 17 March 2011 – New Scientist
- Understanding Japan’s Nuclear Crisis | Wired Science | Wired.com 18.3.11
- BBC News 21 March 2011 – Japan nuclear emergency ongoing as tsunami toll rises
- BBC News – Japan nuclear crisis ’will be overcome’, says IAEA 21 March 2011
- BBC News – 23 March 2011 Tokyo water ’unfit for babies’ due to high radiation
- Fukushimassa kolmosreaktorissa voi olla vuoto | Japanin tsunami | Teemat | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi 25.3.2011
- BBC News – Japan nuclear plant: Radioactivity rises in sea nearby 26 March 2011
- Tepco: Japanin huima säteilytulos oli mittausvirhe | Japanin tsunami | Teemat | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi 27.3.2011
- BBC News – 29 March 2011 Japan nuclear: PM Naoto Kan signals ’maximum alert’
- Fukushiman onnettomuus aiheutti perhosissa vakavia mutaatioita | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi; 14.8.2012
- STUK Fukushima Dai-ichi-ydinvoimalaitoksen onnettomuus
- Tsunamin seuraukset tappavat Japanissa itse katastrofia pahemmin | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi; 20.2.2014
Intian Bhopalissa torjunta-ainetehtaan räjähdys vuonna 1984
- BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1984: Hundreds die in Bhopal chemical accident
- Bhopalin onnettomuus – Wikipedia
- Bhopal disaster – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Greenpeace
Wins Naron; Julkaistu 13.2.2015; The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.
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Syanidipäästö Romaniassa 2000
DW English; Julkaistu 24.6.2010; Ten years ago, a number of eastern European rivers were contaminated by cyanide after a toxic spill at a gold reprocessing plant in northern Romania. Residents are protesting against efforts at the plant to resume the extraction of gold by using cyanide.It was one of Europe’s worst-ever
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Meksikonlahden öljyonnettomuus 2010 ja muutamia materiaaleja aiheesta
National Geographic; Julkaistu 23.6.2011; June 23, 2011 — Marine oil spills are usually measured by the amount of oil floating on the surface. But the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, from a deep-sea well, required a different approach. Find out how one fluid-dynamics expert caused estimates to rise sharply practically overnight. © 2011
- Yle, Elävä arkisto
- Meksikonlahden öljyvuodon takia hätätila; | Luonto ja ympäristö | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi 29.4.2010
- New York Times; Tracking the Oil Spill in the Gulf
- Encyclopedia Britannica; 9 of the Biggest Oil Spills in History
- Cleaner Seas; 10 Worst Oil Spills in World History

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