[LINK] Japan raises disaster level at Fukushima to 5

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/18/days-after-global-nu.html

> Days after global nuke experts declare Fukushima Serious Business, Japan raises disaster level to 5
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> Japan's nuclear safety agency (NISA) today raised the level of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant from level 4 (local consequences) to level 5 (wider consequences, same level as Three Mile Island), on the 7-point scale* created by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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> NISA's assessment was declared retroactive to Tuesday.


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