The problems at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant are upgraded to Level 5 on the International Nuclear Events Scale, the same as the Three Mile Island accident.

Sources: CNN

Workers enter one of the buildings at Japan's Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant for the first time since an explosion in the days following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-05-5

Workers at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant fight a fire following another aftershock.
2011-04-12

Workers at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant manage to plug radiation leaks.
2011-04-6

The United States and France announce plans to help Japan as Fukushima I nuclear accidents continue.
2011-03-30

Radioactive seawater from the accidents travels further from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.
2011-03-28

Efforts continue to cool the reactors at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following recent accidents with signs that the treatment efforts are working.
2011-03-21

Japan attempts to restore electric power to two crippled reactors at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant to combat ongoing problems.
2011-03-18

Helicopters drop water on the stricken Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant to cool overheated fuel rods inside the core.
2011-03-17

Another fire breaks out at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in northern Honshu, Japan.
2011-03-16

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The problems at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant are upgraded to Level 5 on the International Nuclear Events Scale, the same as the Three Mile Island accident.

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