wih ngeriiii On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Ronald. W <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Sent from BlackBerry® on phone network. Ronald's EmaiL > ------------------------------ > *From: * MeLinda MeLisa <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:12:27 +0800 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[StockForex] Japan To Raise Fukushima Crisis To Worst Level On > International Scale > > > > Japan To Raise Fukushima Crisis To Worst Level On International Scale - NHK > > Tuesday - April 12, 2011 > > TOKYO (MarketCall.net in the morning)--Japan's 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, national broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday on its > website. > > The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency made the decision Monday, the > report said. The damaged facilities have been releasing a massive > amount of radioactive materials, which threaten human health and the > environment over a wide area, the agency said, according to NHK. > > The agency used the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale > to gauge the level. The scale was designed by an international group > of experts to indicate the significance of nuclear events with ratings > of 0 to 7. > > On March 18, one week after the massive quake, the agency declared the > Fukushima trouble a level 5 incident, the same as the accident at > Three Mile Island in the United States in 1979. > > Level 7 has formerly only been applied to the Chernobyl accident in > the former Soviet Union in 1986 when hundreds of thousands of > terabecquerels of radioactive iodine-131 were released into the air. > One terabecquerel is 1 trillion becquerels. > > The agency believes the cumulative amount from the Fukushima plant is > less than that from Chernobyl, NHK said. > > Officials from the agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission will hold > a news conference on Tuesday morning to explain the change of > evaluation. > > Source: http://marketcall.net/ > >
