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Japanese residents flee Tokyo in fear of radiation

Japan nuclear plant: no quick getaway for thousands trying to flee the radiation zone,  Telegraph, 18 march 11, “…….. the main road out of Tokyo quickly became clogged with traffic …….We’re fleeing the radiations,” said Katsuya Terakado, a 37-year-old carpenter who, with his girlfriend, Rie Yanai, were entering their seventh hour of queuing for petrol,

“We’ve come from Iwaki but have only managed 200 kilometres [125 miles] in seven hours.”Japan’s government continues to say that radiation levels outside its own 20-mile exclusion zone pose no threat to human health, and that it has no plans to increase the size of the zone to match the US-British limit of 50 miles, however, many Japanese are not waiting to find out which is correct.

American officials said the situation was “deteriorating”, one European said it was “out of control” while Japan’s defence minister said engineers were desperately trying to reconnect power to restart the pumps that could cover exposed fuel rods with water.

Japan nuclear plant: no quick getaway for thousands trying to flee the radiation zone – Telegraph

March 18, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general