Live Updates : Japanese Ordered Indoors in Radiation Leaked Harmfull Crisis,Video

Japan - High levels of radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The government warned 140,000 people nearby to stay indoors to avoid exposure.






Tokyo also reported slightly elevated radiation levels, but

NYTimes : Japan Faces Potential Nuclear Disaster as Radiation Levels Rise,Japan Three Reactors Raise Fear of Nuclear Disaster

Japan’s nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday after an explosion damaged the vessel containing the nuclear core at one reactor and a fire at another spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to the statements of Japanese government and industry officials.In a brief address to the nation at 11 a.m. Tokyo time, Prime Minister Naoto Kan pleaded for calm, but