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Japan nuke crisis now same level as world's worst
Posted: 04.12.2011 at 6:44 AM
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This aerial view shows the damaged reactor building of Unit 4, left, of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.  / AP photo
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The Fukushima nuclear accident's status has been raised from 5 to 7, the highest level, putting it on par with the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.

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