JAPAN NUCLEAR CRISIS: RADIATION EXPOSURE FEARS GROW AFTER BLAST, FIRE

The threat of radiation exposure rose Tuesday following an explosion and fire at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which prompted officials to warn people within a 19-mile radius to stay indoors. “Give pleasure to do not go outside. Please stay indoors. Please close windows and make your homes airtight. Don't turn lying on ventilators. Please hang your laundry indoors," Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano said to the residents in the danger zone. "These are statistics that potentially affect health. There is no mistake about that." 

The International Atomic Energy Agency said radiation measured quantity rates of up to 400 millisievert per hour had be reported at the Fukushima power plant site. That compares with a normal background level of about 3 millisieverts.According to the Associated Press, the caution covered about 140,000 people near the plant, which was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan last week.

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