Japan’s nuclear emergency Damage at a nuclear power plant has made leaking radiation the primary threat facing a country grappling with devastation from a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami. For a narrated animation of what happened, click here. How dangerous is the radiation? The highest reported level of radiation released from the Daiichi plant was 1,000 millisieverts per hour on March 27. Th
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