Radiation Leak at Japanese Power Plant Confirmed

Japanese authorities more than triple evacuation zones.

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  Some 3,000 people within two miles of the plant were urged to leave their homes, but the evacuation zone was more than tripled to 6.2 miles after authorities detected eight times the normal radiation levels outside the facility and 1,000 times normal inside the control room. More on radiation levels.

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