Radiation Exposure in Fukushima

The effect in the tsunami in Japan is probable to proceed to grow. Finally after a fourth reactor with the 40-year-old General Electric model Fukushima I Nuclear Power Station in Japan was burned and released more radiation in to the atmosphere. The government has warned of this radiation on residents within a radius of 19 miles to stay indoors.

With trace radiation being measured as far as 175 miles away in Tokyo, and some experts calling this the “worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl,” residents and officials want to learn about the chance of radiation exposure.

A radiation detector marks 0.6 microsieverts, exceeding normal levels Tuesday, near Shibuya train station in Tokyo. Concern over possible radiation exposure has increased after a fourth reactor released radiation, Tuesday. (Kyodo News/AP)

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