Prime Minister Naoto Kan has urged all residents to evacuate from within 20 kilometers of the disaster-stricken Fukushima No.1 nuclear power station. He told people living within 20 to 30 kilometers to stay indoors.
Kan issued a public appeal on Tuesday morning, saying 2 hydrogen explosions and a fire are raising the level of radioactivity released into the atmosphere. He said there’s also an increased danger of more radioactive leaks.
The prime minister said most people who live within the 20-kilometer evacuation area have already taken refuge, but that he wants every single person to leave.
He said all-out efforts are being made to prevent further explosions or radioactive leaks, adding that plant workers are risking their lives to inject water to cool the reactor cores.
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