The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has released the results of its latest probe of the site.
A remote-controlled inspection of the Unit 2 reactor containment vessel last month detected a maximum of 8 sieverts per hour of radiation.
Experts say exposure to such radiation for about an hour would be fatal.
Officials from Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, released the results on Thursday.
They said the radiation reading was taken near what appeared to be fuel debris, the term used to describe a mixture of molten fuel and broken interior parts.
The finding shows that nearly 7 years after the meltdowns, radiation levels remain so high that they present a major challenge to decommissioning work.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/63432/high-radiation-still-detected-at-fukushima-plant-7-years-after.html
The bottom line is radioactive particles are being emitted from the site. A containment dome should have been constructed immediately following the three reactor meltdowns. That nothing was done is absolutely criminal. The impact on the environment is yet to be fully realised. Certainly large sections of the Pacific Ocean will have suffered some effects of the radioactive fallout.
[Posted at the SpookyWeather blog, February 3rd, 2018.]
