The Japanese Government says there is no need to expand the evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear power station, despite mounting pressure to move more people away from the crippled plant. The current evacuation zone is limited to a 20km radius around the stricken reactors, which have been in crisis since the March 11 earthquake.
Most foreign governments have told their citizens to go no closer than 80km, and Japanese opposition parties have attacked Prime Minister Naoto Kan for failing to widen the exclusion area.
Now both the UN nuclear watchdog and Japan's own nuclear safety agency say radiation 40km from the plant exceeds levels set for evacuation.
Greenpeace says radiation levels it measured independently in one village could cause long-term health effects if people were exposed to it over several days. Read More
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