officials have expressed alarm over a possible fracture of a reactor core at one
unit [Unit 3] of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japanese
nuclear safety officials raised the possibility of more severe environmental
contamination on Friday with their latest announcement on the country's nuclear
crisis. "It is possible that somewhere at the reactor may have been damaged," AP
quoted Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman for the nuclear safety agency, as
saying.

Tepco Ordered to Improve Radiation Monitoring at Crippled Plant 24 Mar
2011 Japan ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to improve monitoring at the damaged
Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after two workers were hospitalized yesterday
suffering from radiation burns. The men were injured after stepping in water
with radiation levels 10,000 higher than water used in reactor cooling, Hidehiko
Nishiyama, a spokesman for Japan’s nuclear safety industry, said in Tokyo today.

Tokyo Electric plans to drain radioactive water from the turbine building of the
No. 3 unit where the accident occurred, spokesman Osamu Yokokura
said.

Japan expands nuclear plant's evacuation zone
--Residents within 18 miles of the hobbled Fukushima plant are urged to leave;
the previous limit had been 12 miles. 25 Mar 2011 Japan's government
Friday urged residents living within 18 miles of the stricken Fukushima nuclear
power plant to voluntarily evacuate to avoid further hardship and suggested that
officials could order the zone cleared. Residents living within 12 miles of the
plant have been evacuated, yet those living between 12 and 18 miles of the
facility have been told it is safe to remain as long as they stay
indoors.

Military families evacuated from Japan arrive at DIA 24 Mar 2011 To
cheers and applause, exhausted and weary travelers walked into a hanger at

Denver International Airport on Thursday. Since the first flight on March 19,
including the flight into Denver on Thursday, 3,952 people have left various
U.S. military installations in Japan. Stacey Knott with NORAD and U.S. Northern
Command told 9NEWS the U.S. Army North is handling the operation.

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