Wider consequences suggest higher level on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale

First, thank you for another quality piece of journalism from Wikinews. Then, relating to subject of this comment, posting at http://www.sciencecodex.com/fukushima_radioactive_plume_to_reach_us_in_3_years-118258 suggests that wider (beyond "local") consequence and higher level on the INES described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nuclear_and_Radiological_Event_Scale.