Record radiation levels have been detected at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Its operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, says radiation was measured inside a duct connecting reactor buildings to an outside ventilation pipe. The highest radiation estimates could kill an exposed person in 20 minutes, according to local media. This is the highest radiation level ever detected outside Fukushima reactor buildings. Earlier, TEPCO measured radiation of at least 10 sieverts around the same pipe. The new measurements show radiation levels that are twice as high. TEPCO stressed that it is highly likely that the ventilation pipe still contains radioactive substances. In an interview to Voice of Russia, Mycle Schneider, an independent analyst on energy and nuclear policy, talked in detail about the situation.
"This is most obviously the latest in the series of discoveries of the hot spot. So, there is very local, extremely high level of radiation, which can kill somebody in a very short period of time, rather deliver a lethal doze in a few minutes," - Mr Schneider said.
"It shows also that we are now over 2,5 years after the start of the disaster in Japan, and there is still no appropriate monitoring for radioactivity on the site", Mr Schneider said. ...
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Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_12_09/Fukushima-tragedy-solution-needs-international-involvement-expert-2444/
"This is most obviously the latest in the series of discoveries of the hot spot. So, there is very local, extremely high level of radiation, which can kill somebody in a very short period of time, rather deliver a lethal doze in a few minutes," - Mr Schneider said.
"It shows also that we are now over 2,5 years after the start of the disaster in Japan, and there is still no appropriate monitoring for radioactivity on the site", Mr Schneider said. ...
(FULL ARTICLE---LINK)
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_12_09/Fukushima-tragedy-solution-needs-international-involvement-expert-2444/
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_12_09/Fukushima-tragedy-solution-needs-international-involvement-expert-2444/
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