The Energy Commissioner of the European Union Günther Oettinger addressed the European Parliament on 15 March , explaining that the nuclear disaster was an " apocalypse " . As the nuclear crisis entered a second month , experts said that Fukushima Daiichi , while not the worst nuclear accident ever , was the most complicated . It was not as bad as the Chernobyl disaster , but worse than the Three Mile Island accident . It could take months or years to learn how damaging the release of dangerous isotopes has been to human health and food supplies , and to the surrounding countryside
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami