IMMEDIATE USE 12/4/2011 PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT NSW NUCLEAR FLASHPOINTS PROJECT
RAISING FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT SEVERITY 'NO SURPRISE'
The raising of the Fukushima Nuclear accident's severity on the official event severity scale from a '5', equivalent to the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, to a '7', equivalent to Chernobyl is not surprise and is overdue, according to nuclear campaigner John Hallam.