Environmental contamination
Over 2× as safety limit of Cs-134/137 detected from fish outside of Fukushima plant port
Photo : Angel Shark [Wikipedia] High level of Cesium-134/137 was detected from fish outside of Fukushima plant port, according to Tepco. The report was published on 1/20/2015. The sample
223,000 Bq/Kg of Cs-134/137 detected from Jacopever inner Fukushima plant port
On 1/20/2015, Tepco announced they detected 223,000 Bq/Kg of Cesium-134/137 from Jacopever fished inner Fukushima plant port. The sampling date was 12/18/2014. Other nuclides are not tested. Soon it’s going
Tepco accidentally destroyed a part of Reactor 1 cover at dismantling preparation
Following up this article.. Tepco started dismantling Reactor 1 cover – Video [URL] Tepco mis-operated the crane to spray scattering inhibitor and opened an excessively large hole on the
Strontium-90 detected outside of Fukushima port / Highest reading in front of Reactor 4 too
Photo : Reactor 5 and 6 take 6,000 t of water per hour here and discharge it to the outside of the port. Significant level of Strontium-90 has been
All β nuclide density became 100,000 × in seaside of Reactor 2 since this February
Photo : North water intake of Reactor 1 ~ 4 [URL] All β nuclide density to contain Strontium-90 became 100,000 times much since this February in groundwater. Fukushima Diary
Fukushima fishery cooperative to let Tepco and the government explain highly contaminated water discharge plan
On 8/25/2014, Fukushima fishery cooperative decided to allow Tepco and the government of Japan give explanation about highly contaminated water discharge plan. (cf, Tepco to pump up highly contaminated groundwater
5 Billion Bq of Strontium-90 flows to the sea every single day
5 Billion Bq of Strontium-90 flows to the Pacific on the daily basis in 2014. Tepco announced in the press conference of 8/25/2014. This is due to the contaminated water
74,000,000,000 Bq of Cs-134/137 only within 10 mins released from Reactor3 in the summer of 2013
Photo : Steam splashing from the operation floor of Reactor 3 in August 2013 Related to this article.. “Tepco turned down the request of agriculture association to postpone reactor 1
Bypass water discharge didn’t decrease contaminated water but only spread contamination to the Pacific
Following up this article.. Bypass water discharge to the Pacific turned out “meaningless” / Tepco to continue for a few more months [URL] Contaminated bypass water discharge didn’t decrease the
2,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 measured from groundwater nearby Reactor 2
Following up this article.. Strontium-90 detected from seawater of Fukushima plant port in 95% of the tests [URL] Extremely high level of Strontium–90 was measured from groundwater of various