IAEA finds high radiation levels outside Japanese evacuation zone

[thewiseguy]

Tokyo (CNN) -- Radiation levels in a Japanese town outside a government-ordered evacuation zone have exceeded one of the criteria for evacuation, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday.

The agency said it advised Japan "to carefully assess the situation."

The elevated levels were found in Iitate, a town of 7,000 residents about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of the earthquake- and tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the agency said. The evacuation zone covers a 20-kilometer (13-mile) radius around the plant.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/japan.nuclear.iaea/index.html

Article does not mention the criteria for evacuation nor what levels of radiation IAEA found there.

[upi402]

1. Hey nuke supporters on DU...

1) You can't make even a simple mechanical system that will not fail

2) If you think you've made a thing fool-proof, you seriously have no idea who you're dealing with


No 'Nuke-Away!', no nukes.