Japan Raises Severity Level at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
March 19, 2011 at 02:27 AM EDT
Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency [NISA] raised the severity rating of the country’s nuclear crisis Friday from “Level 4″ to “Level 5″ on a seven-level international Nuclear Event Scale for atomic incidents. “At the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant we have upgraded the danger level from 4 to 5 and we have informed that [...]