Japan: Nuclear crisis level raised to highest levelJapan: Nuclear crisis level raised to highest level

BBC News

Japanese authorities have raised the measure of severity of their nuclear crisis to the highest level, officials say.

The decision was taken due to radiation measured at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, NHK reported.

The highest level for nuclear accidents (seven) had previously only applied to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Meanwhile a 6.3-magnitude earthquake was reported off eastern Japan, the second tremor in as many days.

The aftershocks come a month after a huge quake and tsunami hit Japan, leaving nearly 28,000 dead or missing.
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