TEPCO finds groundwater contaminated with radioactive cesium
Source: Kyodo
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday that it has detected radioactive cesium in groundwater samples taken from the premises of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, reversing an earlier announcement that any contamination was negligible.
The announcement came as TEPCO is trying to secure the understanding of local fishermen over the dumping in the Pacific Ocean of groundwater that has been pumped out from wells at the site, saying it has confirmed that concentrations of radioactive substances are sufficiently low.
TEPCO had said radioactive cesium in the groundwater was at a level that could not be detected by an instrument at the Fukushima Daiichi complex. But the same sample was found to contain 0.22 becquerel of cesium-134 and 0.39 becquerel of cesium-137 per liter when checked at the Fukushima Daini plant, where radiation levels are lower.
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Read more: http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2013/06/228399.html
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WillyT
(72,631 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Co-association, like a banana radiating at altitude, does not necessarily prove causation. Don't jump to conclusions. TEPCO is doing all it can to avoid guilt, let alone responsibility.
Pre-emptive abuse and to save time.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)You forgot the chart with all the banana and airplane graphics and the important sounding title and the officious language (and the much smaller disclaimer stating that nothing in the chart is verified or necessarily accurate).
Without the chart, how do I know that you are really, really, really serious?
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Too grim a subject to "lol" as they say.