http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11041212-e.htmlPress Release (Apr 12,2011)
Rating of the trouble at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station due to Tohoko-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake on INES (International Nuclear Event Scale)
We sincerely recognize that the trouble at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Station due to Tohoko-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake has been
provisionally rated at level 7 on INES (International Nuclear Event Scale).
We deeply apologize for the public's distress and inconvenience at the
surrounding areas of the power station, Fukushima Prefecture, and broader
society.
In order to resolve the situation as soon as possible, we will proceed to
cool the reactors and to prevent the diffusion of radioactive materials.
In addition, we are considering various countermeasures and their
processes. Cooperatively working with the national and local governments,
we will concentrate all our resources to resolve this difficult situation.
Masataka Shimizu
President
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated.