Israeli Airstrike On Iran Would Not Cause Radioactive Disaster, Say Experts -- Haaretz/Reuters
Though it could release toxic chemical that would adversely affect people's health and the environment.
Iran's nuclear facilities are unlikely to cause a Fukushima-scale disaster unless a Russian-built reactor is destroyed, experts say.
They could, however, release toxic chemicals - rather than high levels of radiation - causing local contamination affecting health and the environment. That was also the case from U.S.-led strikes on nuclear facilities in Iraq during the Gulf Wars.
"I doubt that the radiation effects would be great," said Hans Blix, a former head of U.N. nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Iran says all its facilities are for peaceful purposes.
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My Comment: These experts sound very sure of themselves .... especially since much of Iran's nuclear program is still unknown.
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