Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl
1 / 23 Police officers in protective suits observe a moment of silence for those who were killed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as they search for bodies at a destroyed area in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, about 18km from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, April 11, 2011.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan put its nuclear calamity on a par with the world's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, on Tuesday after new data showed that more radiation leaked from its earthquake-crippled power plant in the early days of the crisis than first thought.
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Reuters
Kim Kyung-Hoon
Shinichi Saoshiro and Yoko Nishikawa
TOKYO
Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:18am EDT
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