Nuke Accident Seriousness Level Updated from 4 to 5
Xinhua News Agency, March 18, 2011 Adjust font size:
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Friday upgraded the nuclear accident seriousness level at Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant from four to five on an international scale of zero to seven.
On Sunday, the agency rated it at four after radioactive substances were detected near the troubled plant.
