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To date, the nuclear accidents at the Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima Daiichi (2011) nuclear power plants are the only INES level 7 nuclear accidents.


== Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents ==
The following table compares the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents.


== Radioactive contamination discharge ==


== See also ==
Comparison of Chernobyl and other radioactivity releases
Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster
List of accidents at the Mayak facility


== Notes ==


== References ==


== External links ==
How Much Fuel Is at Risk at Fukushima?
Chernobyl Accident. World Nuclear Association. Archived 1 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Unwrapped Archived 1 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Fukushima Nuclear Accident. IAEA Update Log
BBC News: Fukushima and Chernobyl compared