Radiation levels in Iitate

Radiation levels in Iitate

IITATE, Japan - A radiation reader indicates the level in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, is 26 microsieverts per hour on the evening of April 13, 2011. The village is included in the government's new evacuation order due to high amounts of cumulative radioactive materials beyond the evacuation zone of a 20-kilometer radius from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which was crippled by the massive quake and tsunami on March 11.

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