Saturday, 12. March 2011
Topic: nuclear power - on March 12, 2011 at 4:15:00 PM CET
Americans in Japan alerted to nuclear evacuation
The US embassy in Tokyo alerted US citizens in Japan Saturday of an evacuation order around a stricken nuclear power plant, the State Department said.
The embassy's message warned Americans living or traveling to Fukushima Prefecture that Japan's Nuclear Industrial Safety Agency "has recommended that people who live within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Okumacho evacuate the area immediately."
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