Japan to raise severity of latest Fukushima leak to ‘Level Three’

Japan to raise severity of latest Fukushima leak to ‘Level Three’

Japan will raise the gravity of the latest Fukushima leak to Level Three, which is considered a “serious radiation incident” on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) for radiological releases, Reuters reported. "Judging from the amount and the density of the radiation in the contaminated water that leaked ... a level 3 assessment is appropriate," according to the document used during Wednesday’s weekly meeting of Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) commissioners. Earlier on Tuesday, TEPCO reported that another tank with highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant had leaked. The contaminated water contains an unprecedented 80 million Becquerels of radiation per liter – this is compared to the normal level of around 150 Bq/l. Japan's NRA first classified the leak as a Level One incident.