Friday, March 25, 2011

UNITED STATES - No worries vis-à-vis the radioactive cloud

"The radioactive particles escaping from the nuclear reactor Fukushima Japan are carried by wind to the North American high in the atmosphere and should reach the California Friday. The supervisors are however confident that the particles do not represent a real health hazard, "reported the Los Angeles Times.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, aims to be reassuring and do not expect that the radioactive cloud is a real threat for the people of Hawaii, Alaska, west coast or U.S. territories in the Pacific. The NRC indicated, however, that the situation was much worse than Tokyo had not initially claimed.

It asked Americans to Japan to evacuate within 80 km of the nuclear plant, while the Japanese authorities are sticking to a radius of 20 kilometers.

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