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Summary Japanese Premier Naoto Kan has said that the situation is dire at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
The authorities have asked the people living in a diameter of 20 to 30 kilometres of the Fukushima plant to evacuate the area.Radioactive iodine reached 1,250 times over the permissible limit in the sea near Fukushima.Two workers at Japans damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant have been admitted to a hospital after being exposed to high levels of radiation. Both men were part of the 700 men team, which were trying to cool the plant. After four weeks of the earthquake, four plants were still unstable. The authorities have stopped milk and vegetables supplies from the area around the plant. The Japanese government estimated a damage of $300 million from earthquake and tsunami.
