Radiation levels surge outside Japan nuke plant

[FourScore]

Radiation levels surge outside Japan nuke plant
Published: Friday, 11 Mar 2011 | 5:17 PM ET

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear officials say radiation levels inside a nuclear power plant have surged to 1,000 times their normal levels after the cooling system failed.

The nuclear safety agency said early Saturday that some radiation has also seeped outside the plant, prompting calls for further evacuations of the area. Some 3,000 people have already been urged to leave their homes.

The cooling system for a reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant failed on Friday after a massive earthquake caused a power outage.

The continued loss of electricity has also delayed the planned release of vapor from inside the reactor to ease pressure. Pressure inside one of the reactors had risen to 1.5 times the level considered normal.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/42037300

[fascisthunter]

1. Don't be soooo paranoid everybody

:sarcasm:

[godai]

2. The surge is INSIDE the reactor. n/t

[FourScore]

5. It's confusing, isn't it?

"The nuclear safety agency said early Saturday that some radiation has also seeped outside the plant, prompting calls for further evacuations of the area."

[tekisui]

3. Damn.

[snagglepuss]

4. I wonder how easy it is to evacute? Are the roads passable in that area?

[Newest Reality]

6. If it continues to seep outside the reactor,

I wonder how much of an area will be contaminated? That would be for a long, long time, right?

[bluecoat_fan]

7. I think it only lasts 25,000 years

[Newest Reality]

8. Oh, well then ...

that's not long in cosmological time. :(