Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level To Match Chernobyl

Independent media reports several weeks ago categorized the Japanese nuclear disaster as a 7, the highest rating in history and equivalent to Chernobyl. Now the Japanese nuclear regulators have admitted that these observers were correct. The bottom line in these catastrophic events is that you will never get the true measure of bad news in timely fashion from governments or industry, they are simply too concerned with preserving their status and reputations to tell it like it is. 
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/11/135333184/japan-raises-nuclear-crisis-level-to-match-chernobyl?ft=1&f=1001

Propublica reports that the US healthcare system is unprepared for a major nuclear emergency, citing a Homeland Security internal study. This is an excellent well-researched piece of investigative reporting from the non-profit group dedicated to "journalism in the public interest."

http://www.propublica.org/article/us-health-care-system-unprepared-for-major-nuclear-emergency