"They are leaving us to die," says the mayor of Minamasoma inside the exclusion zone
Increasing alarm has been voiced in the US about the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan.
A top US nuclear official said attempts to cool reactors with sea water to prevent a meltdown appeared to be failing and workers could be exposed to "potentially lethal" radiation doses.
Japanese army helicopters on Thursday dumped water on the reactors to try to cool overheated fuel rods.
The plant was severely damaged by last week's huge earthquake and tsunami.
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has said that the situation at the plant appears to be more serious than the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 1979.
BBC
A top US nuclear official said attempts to cool reactors with sea water to prevent a meltdown appeared to be failing and workers could be exposed to "potentially lethal" radiation doses.
Japanese army helicopters on Thursday dumped water on the reactors to try to cool overheated fuel rods.
The plant was severely damaged by last week's huge earthquake and tsunami.
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has said that the situation at the plant appears to be more serious than the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 1979.
BBC
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