TOKYO (AP) - A major leak at a uranium-processing plant in central Japan Thursday sent radiation levels skyrocketing. Three workers were hospitalized - two in critical condition - and 11 others were contaminated. Fears remained of a possible continued nuclear reaction at the plant, government official Ken Muraoka said. Hiromu Nonaka, the top government spokesman, called the accident "unprecedented," and officials said no previous Japanese accident had left workers so seriously injured. About 150 people were evacuated from the area around the plant in the town of Tokaimura, 70 miles northeast of Tokyo. More than 310,000 people were ordered not to leave their homes and officials shut down schools and train service in the region.

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