Saturday, 3 February 2018

Lethal levels of radiation detected in leak at Fukushima

Lethal levels of radiation detected in leak at Fukushima

Lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, seven years after it was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operated the complex and is now responsible for its clean up, made the discovery in a reactor containment vessel last month. The energy firm found eight sieverts per hour of radiation, while 42 units were also detected outside its foundations.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-radiation-lethal-levels-leak-japan-tsunami-tokyo-electric-power-company-a8190981.html?source=Snapzu

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