Japan Raises Its Nuclear Crisis To The Highest Level

Workers at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant spray a substance to help reduce dust on April 1. The cleanup operation at the facility could take more than a decade. TEPCO

Japan Reportedly To Rate Nuclear Crisis At Highest Level -- Washington Post

TOKYO — Japanese authorities planned Tuesday to raise their rating of the severity of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis to the highest level on an international scale, equal to that of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, according to the Kyodo news agency.

Officials reclassified the ongoing emergency from level 5, an “accident with off-site risk,” to level 7, a “major accident.” The reassessment comes at a time when the International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant is showing “early signs of recovery” but still in a critical condition.

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Japan raises nuclear alert level to seven -- The Guardian
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Japan to raise nuclear severity level to maximum -- AFP
Japan Raises Nuclear Accident Severity to Highest Level -- Voice of America
Japan raises nuclear accident severity level to highest 7 from 5 -- Japan Today
Reports: Japan to Raise Alert Level of Nuke Crisis -- ABC News
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