Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday that radiation rose to a new record in water collected from a drainage ditch at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Tepco said it detected a maximum of 140,000 becquerels per liter of … Continue reading →
Kyodo, Jiji Reports Rainwater that overflowed Sunday from the concrete-ringed enclosures around the water storage tanks at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant had excessively high radiation readings, Tokyo Electric Power Co. disclosed Monday. Strontium-90 in the rainwater, which had … Continue reading →
Strontium readings spike 6,500-fold in one day FUKUSHIMA – Radiation levels in groundwater under Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant are soaring, Tepco said Friday after taking samples from an observation well. Tepco said 400,000 becquerels per … Continue reading →
FUKUSHIMA – The highest level yet of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances, including strontium, has been detected at one point in a drainage ditch at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant where measurements are regularly taken, Tokyo Electric Power Co. … Continue reading →