Japan’s nuclear crisis worsens; the world reacts
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The nuclear crisis in Japan escalated on Tuesday after a new explosion and fire broke out at Fukushima’s plant #1, where successive accidents since Friday's earthquake have probably caused more than 10,000 deaths.
This sequence of events has raised strong fears of radioactive contamination in the archipelago, as well as in neighboring countries such as Russia and China.
As a precaution, Prime Minister Naoto Kan has expanded the security zone around the plant by asking for people within a radius of 30 km to remain indoors, close their windows, turn off any fans and to keep their clothes on. This is in addition to the evacuation of more than 200,000 people living near the plant on the northeast coast of the Pacific Ocean.
Tensions rose in Tokyo when the level of radioactivity was slightly above normal by midday before falling again in the afternoon. There are 35 million people in the Greater Tokyo area.
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This sequence of events has raised strong fears of radioactive contamination in the archipelago, as well as in neighboring countries such as Russia and China.
As a precaution, Prime Minister Naoto Kan has expanded the security zone around the plant by asking for people within a radius of 30 km to remain indoors, close their windows, turn off any fans and to keep their clothes on. This is in addition to the evacuation of more than 200,000 people living near the plant on the northeast coast of the Pacific Ocean.
Tensions rose in Tokyo when the level of radioactivity was slightly above normal by midday before falling again in the afternoon. There are 35 million people in the Greater Tokyo area.
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Continue reading on Examiner.com: Japan’s nuclear crisis worsens; the world reacts - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/japan-s-nuclear-crisis-worsen...
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