Fukushima Serious Business, Japan raises disaster level to 5

Japan's nuclear safety agency today raised the level of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant from level 4 (local consequences) to level 5 (wider consequences, same level as Three Mile Island), on the 7-point scale created by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Their assessment was declared as retroactive to Tuesday.
Days after global nuke experts declare Fukushima Serious Business, Japan raises disaster level to 5