Tokyo Electric Power, the operator of Japan ’s crippled Fukushimanuclear plant, on August 1 detected the highest radiation levels at thefacility since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The radiation levels, 10,000 millisieverts per hour, were measured atthe bottom of a ventilation stack standing between reactors No. 1 andNo. 2.
TEPCO immediately cordoned off the area to ensure the safety for the plant’s workers.
If exposed to such a high-level dosage of radiation in a short
period of time, almost all people exposed would die within one or two weeks, radiation experts said.
The workers who measured the radiation doses on August 1 were exposed to radiation of up to 4 millisieverts.
NHK World TV reported that the Japanese Government has askedrice-producing regions to check their crops for radiation before andafter harvest. The tests are designed to ensure that rice on the marketwill be free of radioactive cesium believed to come from the Fukushimanuclear power plant.
The government says it will suspend rice shipments if levels of cesium exceeding the safety limit are detected./.
The radiation levels, 10,000 millisieverts per hour, were measured atthe bottom of a ventilation stack standing between reactors No. 1 andNo. 2.
TEPCO immediately cordoned off the area to ensure the safety for the plant’s workers.
If exposed to such a high-level dosage of radiation in a short
period of time, almost all people exposed would die within one or two weeks, radiation experts said.
The workers who measured the radiation doses on August 1 were exposed to radiation of up to 4 millisieverts.
NHK World TV reported that the Japanese Government has askedrice-producing regions to check their crops for radiation before andafter harvest. The tests are designed to ensure that rice on the marketwill be free of radioactive cesium believed to come from the Fukushimanuclear power plant.
The government says it will suspend rice shipments if levels of cesium exceeding the safety limit are detected./.
