“Japan Nuclear Crisis: Officials Raise Crisis To Highest Severity Level, 7, On Par With Chernobyl” via the Huffington Post

TOKYO — 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.

“Japan Nuclear Crisis: Officials Raise Crisis To Highest Severity Level, 7, On Par With Chernobyl”

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