The IAEA says spent fuel rod fire on reactor 4 was put out.  Radiation levels have dropped.

Radiation levels had reached 400 millisievert per hour.  The IAEA says “A person’s radiation exposure due to all natural sources amounts on average to about 2.4 millisievert (mSv) per year.”  This clearly shows how bad the radiation levels got, and why people were told to get inside, and not to drink even tap water.

However, NHK, Japan’s public news service, continued to interview “experts” who down played the levels.

NHK reporting that several monitoring sites around Tokyo are reporting radiation levels increasing as much as 22 times normal levels.

People are being told not to drink well water, or tap water.  Also, do not eat food that was outside.

In an NHK ‘explainer’ it was explained how difficult it is to cool down nuclear fuel rods.  It takes 3 to 4 years to cool down spent fuel rods, under normal conditions.  This shows that the current situation could become Chernobyl like.

Japanese are now being told not to collect rain, or snow, because it could be contaminated with radiation.

This will make the problem of lack of drinking water even worse.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, said, in regards to getting indoors, if people are inside at their workplace, they should stay there.  If you are already inside stay where ever you are.

Officials now say that they are focusing on putting out fire at reactor 4.  Fire is more serious than the earlier explosions.

Reactor 1 & 3 still being flooded with sea water.  Reactor 2 can not be flooded after its explosion, a short while ago.

Officials continue to ask people to get inside. Adding that if you have laundry hanging up outside to leave it.  Take off shoes.

This continued stressing of  getting inside tells me this is really bad!