Radiation fears and panic levels were rising rapidly in equal measures again after officials admitted that the nuclear reactor core at Fukushima may be cracked, raising the prospect of more poison being released into the atmosphere. The threat of widespread contamination is so great that the exclusion zone around the stricken plant has been widened to 19 miles. It is feared the containment shield around the nuclear fuel rods might have been weakened, resulting in dangerous contamination leaking out. After three of the Fukushima Fifty workers were hospitalised after exposure to levels of radiation 10,000 times the safe level, it comes as further depressing news. Some 130,000 people have been encouraged to leave the area.(
Daily Mail)
