Washington – NRC: No Harmful Levels Of Radioactivity Expected In U.S.

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    A boy has his radiation level checked in the compound of Fukushima Gender Equality Centre in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday morning, March 13, 2011 after being evacuated from a town located near the troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. People live around the nuclear complex might have been exposed to radiation after an explosion of Unit 1 reactor of the complex blew off the top part of its walls on Saturday, one day after a strong earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Daisuke Tomita) Washington – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says harmful levels of radioactivity are not expected in the United States due to damaged nuclear reactors in Japan.

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    Earthquakes and a tsunami have damaged at least two nuclear complexes in Japan. Officials have declared states of emergency at six of the country’s 55 reactors.

    In a statement Sunday, the NRC said weather conditions appear to have taken the small releases of radioactivity from the damaged reactors out to sea.

    Given the thousands of miles separating Japan and the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. territories and the U.S. West Coast, the agency said no harmful levels of radioactivity are expected.

    The NRC is coordinating with the Energy Department and other federal agencies in providing any assistance the Japanese government requests during the crisis.


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