Tepco Says Fukushima Radiation 'Significantly' Undercounted
Source: Bloomberg
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is re-analyzing 164 water samples collected last year at the wrecked Fukushima atomic plant because previous readings significantly undercounted radiation levels.
The utility known as Tepco said the levels were undercounted due to errors in its testing of beta radiation, which includes strontium-90, an isotope linked to bone cancer. None of the samples were taken from seawater, the company said today in an e-mailed statement.
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Shinji Kinjo, leader of a disaster task force at Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority, said his office hadnt been aware of the measurement errors. The regulators oversight of the utility is based on Tepcos measurements, he added.
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Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/tepco-says-fukushima-radiation-significantly-undercounted.html
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)that explains much about the Fukushima disaster. I recommend reading that book.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I think it might be worth a revisit from me
Berlum
(7,044 posts)The Wizard
(12,552 posts)Pacific seafood is already cooked.
They_Live
(3,242 posts)but you can absolutely trust what we are telling you now."
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)There are members right here at DU that state it is hyperbole to suggest the effects of the disaster are roundly underreported...