Fukushima Crisis: Level 7 – as Bad as Chernobyl
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 12th, 2011 4:47 am by HL
Fukushima Crisis: Level 7 – as Bad as Chernobyl
The Japanese government’s nuclear safety agency has decided to raise the crisis level of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant accident from 5 to 7, the worst on the international scale. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency made the decision on Monday. It says the damaged facilities have been releasing a massive amount of radioactive substances, which are posing a threat to human health and the environment over a wide area.