[ RadSafe ] NYT reports 19 miles not 50 right now

[Jeff Terry]

Hi All, 

The New York Times is reporting that US remote overflights have seen the heavy contamination limited to 19 miles around the plant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18intel.html


The first readings from American data-collection flights over the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan show that the worst contamination has not spread beyond the 19-mile range of highest concern established by Japanese authorities.

Jeff