Japanese central government officials are now saying that they goofed on the evacuation zone currently in place.

Officials say the current evacuation zone is based on a short term, low level, nuclear emergency. They did not expect the current situation to have lasted so long.

Japanese officials say they will revise evacuation plans to take into account long term exposure to high levels of radiation.

Many local governments have given up relying on central government data, and have started their own evacuation plans.

”I feel very sorry that a local government had to decide on its own. As soon as possible, the government and…nuclear experts working together must present clear guidelines on from where to where is safe.”-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano