Radiation readings around tanks holding
contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have spiked by more
than 20% to their highest levels.
Radiation have spread to three holding areas for hundreds of tanks that store the
water that flush the three melted reactors. The tanks sit on a hill above the
Pacific Ocean at the Fukushima plant.
The rising radiation levels and leaks at the plant have prompted international alarm, and the Japanese government announced on September 2nd that it would step in with almost $500 million of funding to fix the growing levels of contaminated water at the plant.The readings just above the ground showed radiation as high as 2,200 millisieverts (mSv). The previous high in areas holding the tanks was the 1,800 mSv recorded on August 31, 2013. Both levels can kill an unprotected individual within hours.
The rising radiation levels and leaks at the plant have prompted international alarm, and the Japanese government announced on September 2nd that it would step in with almost $500 million of funding to fix the growing levels of contaminated water at the plant.The readings just above the ground showed radiation as high as 2,200 millisieverts (mSv). The previous high in areas holding the tanks was the 1,800 mSv recorded on August 31, 2013. Both levels can kill an unprotected individual within hours.
Tanks of radiation-contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
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