Heightened state of alert at Japan atom plant: IAEA

Source: MB.COM:

"VIENNA (Reuters) – Japan has told the U.N. nuclear wathchdog that a heightened state of alert has been declared at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after Friday's major earthquake, the Vienna-based agency said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had also been informed that the plant north of Tokyo had been shut down and that no release of radiation had been detected."