TEPCO Press Release (Apr 12,2011)—Rating of the trouble at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station…

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Press Release (Apr 12,2011)
Rating of the trouble at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station due to Tohoko-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake on INES (International Nuclear Event Scale)

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We sincerely recognize that the trouble at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power 
Station due to Tohoko-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake has been 
provisionally rated at level 7 on INES (International Nuclear Event Scale).

We deeply apologize for the public's distress and inconvenience at the 
surrounding areas of the power station, Fukushima Prefecture, and broader 
society.

In order to resolve the situation as soon as possible, we will proceed to 
cool the reactors and to prevent the diffusion of radioactive materials. 
In addition, we are considering various countermeasures and their 
processes. Cooperatively working with the national and local governments, 
we will concentrate all our resources to resolve this difficult situation.

                                                         Masataka Shimizu
                                                                President
                          The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated.

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1. I thought they were doing that all ready...............