Workers find ultra-high radiation levels at Fukushima Daiichi plant

[Forkboy]

TOKYO (CNN) -- The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has detected the highest radiation levels at the facility since initial earthquake and tsunami five months ago, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

The ultra-high levels of radiation were measured Monday afternoon on the grounds of the facility, near reactors 1 and 2, said spokesman Naoki Tsunoda. The lethal radiation was measured at the bottom of a ventilation tower.

The radiation levels -- 10,000 microsieverts per hour -- are high enough that a single dose would be fatal to humans within weeks.

The March 11 quake led to meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi's three operating reactors when the tsunami knocked out their coolant systems, causing the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

http://www.kpax.com/news/workers-find-ultra-high-radiation-levels-at-fukushima-daiichi-plant/

On edit: PoliticAverse in reply #2 has pointed out this error in the article...

10,000 microsieverts = 10 millisieverts.

The high radiation being reported is 10 Sieverts = 10,000 millisieverts not 10,000 _micro_sieverts so it's 1,000 times higher than this article indicates.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20086824-76/peak-radiation-spots-found-at-fukushima-plant

More here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4943771

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ah that is what Flamingdem was talking about

Michio Kaku was on the conservative news network...

Thanks...

Not good news.

<-------- was listening to keith. I think I will have to go look for THAT interview though.

[PoliticAverse]

2. There's an error in the radiation level in this article, it's off by a factor of 1000.

10,000 microsieverts = 10 millisieverts.

The high radiation being reported is 10 Sieverts = 10,000 millisieverts not 10,000 _micro_sieverts so it's 1,000 times
higher than this article indicates.

See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20086824-76/peak-radiation-spots-found-at-fukushima-plant/
And this DU thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4943771

[Forkboy]

3. I'm going to add this to the OP.

Thanks.

[readmoreoften]

4. Holy shit. 10 Sieverts is certain death.

[Forkboy]

5. See my edit or reply #2.

:)