Readings just above the ground near a set of tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant showed radiation as high as 2,200 millisieverts (mSv), the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said on Wednesday. The previous high in areas holding the tanks, 1,800 … Continue reading →
TOKYO — A crisis over contaminated water at Japan’s stricken nuclear plant worsened on Saturday when the plant’s operator said it had detected high radiation levels near storage tanks, a finding that raised the possibility of additional leaks. The operator, … Continue reading →
From today’s Japan Times: Water releasing as much as 10 trillion becquerels of radioactive strontium and 20 trillion becquerels of cesium-137 from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has flowed into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011, Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading →
Several hundred tons of radioactive water that leaked from a storage tank at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have flowed to the sea, Tepco admitted Wednesday, adding that it is “hurriedly checking” to learn … Continue reading →