U.S. Calls Radiation ‘Extremely High;’ Sees Japan Nuclear Crisis Worsening Evacuees receiving radiation scans in Nihonmatsu, Japan. Americans were advised by their embassy to evacuate a radius of 50 miles from the Fukushima plant.Credit...Go Takayama/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave a far bleaker appraisal on Wedn
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