Water underground is contaminated

The Ministry of the Environment measured cesium from well water at 4 locations in Minamisoma. It was about 1.3 ~ 14.7 Bq/kg, it was for drinking. The samples were taken in October and November.

It turned out that there is no clean water left to drink. Contamination is spreading even to the underground water.

(Source)

福島第1原発:井戸水からセシウム検出 南相馬の4カ所

環境省は26日、東京電力福島第1原発事故後に設定された福島県内の緊急時避難準備区域(9月末に解除)にある飲用の井戸水中の放射性セシウムの濃度を調べ、南相馬市の4カ所で少量を検出したと発表した。最大で水1リットル(キロ)当たり14.7ベクレルで、厚生労働省の暫定規制値(1キロ当たり200ベクレル)以下だが、来年4月施行を目指す新基準値(同10ベクレル)を3カ所で上回った。

調査は同市と広野町、楢葉町の1317カ所で10、11月に行い、同区域の他の自治体などは継続中。南相馬市原町区北長野の2カ所と同区北原の1カ所で、1リットル当たり11.4~14.7ベクレル、同区萱浜で1.3ベクレルを検出した。検出下限値は5ベクレルで、他の井戸は不検出だった。環境省によるとセシウムが付いた付近の土が混ざった可能性があるという。井戸は個人所有で、結果を知らせており、多くの人が飲む恐れはほぼない。【野田武】

毎日新聞 2011年12月26日 19時29分

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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