TEPCO measures radiation above reactor buildingsThe operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is attempting to measure radiation levels directly above the Number 1 and 4 reactors.
Tokyo Electric Power Company wants to see how much radioactive material is still being released from the reactors 2 months after the disaster.
To take the measurements, it is using a small instrument attached to the arm of a crane pump that's about 50 meters tall.
On Sunday afternoon, for about 20 minutes, the instrument measured radioactive substances in the air about 5 to 10 meters above the Number 1 reactor building. TEPCO will disclose the results of the analysis as early as Tuesday.
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