Fukushima radiation soars

Fukushima NPP groundwater radiation soars

Radioactive cesium levels in one of the observation wells at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in north-east Japan have jumped up 90 times over the past 3 days, the NHK television said.

Voice of Russia,

8 July, 2013

NHK cited a report from Tokyo Electric Power Company, the plant'ss operator, saying that "9,000 becquerels of cesium 134 and 18,000 becquerels of cesium 137 per liter of water at a well between the No. 2 reactor building and the sea" were recorded on Monday.

TEPCO experts have been unable so far to determine the cause of the sudden rise in cesium levels, or to assess the impact of the spike on the nearby ocean. In addition, seawater in the port next to the Fukushima plant has been showing increasing levels of radioactive tritium since May, the company said.