I believe the change in reality in Japan regarding the severity of its nuclear reactor problem was marshalled in by the arrival of the IAEA. It is no coincidence there are changes in the way the Japanese leadership is viewing this on going tragedy since the arrival of the IAEA officials into Japan.
Japan has raised the alert level at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents.
Level 5 is used to describe an accident with "wider consequences."
The crisis is now two levels below Ukraine's 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It also places the situation there on a par with 1979's Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the US.
The crisis was prompted by last week's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, which has left at least 16,000 people dead or missing....
Japan raises nuclear alert to level 5 (click title to entry - thank you) | |
| 2011-03-18 19:40:00 |
Japan has raised the alert level at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents.
Level 5 is used to describe an accident with "wider consequences."
The crisis is now two levels below Ukraine's 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It also places the situation there on a par with 1979's Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the US.
The crisis was prompted by last week's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, which has left at least 16,000 people dead or missing....
