Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from nuclear plant
Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors today after an explosion and fire dramatically escalated the crisis spawned by the earthquake and tsunami four days ago.
In a nationally televised statement, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said radiation had spread from four reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Fukushima state, one of the hardest-hit by Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the ensuing tsunami which has killed more than 10,000 people, plunged millions into misery and pummelled the world’s third-largest economy.
