From the AP:
Japan’s nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing the amount of radiation released in the accident.
The regulators said the rating was being raised from 5 to 7 — the highest level on an international scale overseen by the International Atomic Energy Agency. However, there was no sign of any significant change at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant…
I think we’ve been getting a lot of “remain calm, all is well” out of the Japanese government and I think we should stop buying that line. Clearly, this is a major problem which will have wide and deep consequences – for the health of the Japanese, most importantly, but also for the Japanese and global economy. Nothing more foolish than a government trying to down play an issue…it always comes back to bite. Hopefully, now they’ll be completely forthright and give everyone the worst so that realistic plans can be made.
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