AP AUG 6, 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it is struggling in its latest efforts to stop radioactive groundwater from flowing into the sea at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Tepco said some of the water is … Continue reading →
TOKYO — Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater … Continue reading →
From the Japan Times… Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that an estimated 20 trillion to 40 trillion becquerels of tritium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011. The utility … Continue reading →
Cesium levels in water under Fukushima No. 1 plant soar the deeper it gets, Tepco reveals JIJI, KYODO AUG 1, 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it has detected high levels of radioactive cesium in water taken from deep … Continue reading →