article_snippet.sent: And comparing This to Chernobyl could reveal what the future holds .
article_snippet.sent: the disaster on 11 March 2011 was a failure at Fukushima
article_snippet.sent: six nuclear reactors going into meltdown and releasing radioactive materials.
article_snippet.sent: A total of 300,000 people evacuated the Fukushima area on the east coast and 15,884 people died due to the 9.0 Tohoku earthquake.
article_snippet.sent: We know that there were hundreds in a given area before the disaster on 11 March 2011, and
article_snippet.sent: Dr Tim Mousseau and his team are hoping to get information on what the future holds for Fukushima from the Chernobyl site, which was the scene of a devastating release of radioactive materials in Ukraine in 1986.
article_snippet.sent: The Fukushima nuclear disaster was a failure at Fukushima
highlights_snippet.sent: And comparing This to Chernobyl could reveal what the future holds .