Radiation spread projections in severe accidents

Radiation spread projections in severe accidents

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, takes a look at documents giving projections for the spread of radiation from nationwide nuclear reactors in the event of a severe accident, at an NRA meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. In releasing their first such projections, Japan's nuclear regulatory authorities said the amount of radiation released a week after an accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture could reach the level where evacuation is recommended for those living as far as 40 kilometers from the plant.

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