By Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada

TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - Radiation fears escalated in

Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to

cool an earthquake-crippled nuclear power station, while the

government sowed confusion over whether it was widening an

evacuation zone around the plant.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, making his first public statement

on the crisis in a week, said the situation at the Fukushima

nuclear complex north of Tokyo was "nowhere near the point" of

being resolved.

"We are making efforts to prevent it from getting worse, but

I feel we cannot become complacent," he told reporters. [More]














Source: Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers hurt