Japan Workers Pulled Out Of Reactor, As Radiation Soars

[Purveyor]

Reports from Japan say radioactivity in water at reactor 2 at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is 10 million times the usual level.

Workers trying to cool the reactor core to avoid a meltdown have been evacuated, Reuters news agency says.

Earlier, Japan's nuclear agency that levels of radioactive iodine in the sea near the plant have risen to 1,850 times the usual level.

--CLIP

It is believed the radiation at Fukushima is coming from one of the reactors, but a specific leak has not been identified.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12872707

[grahamhgreen]

1. That's just f*ckin great. nt

[uppityperson]

2. k&r and hoping for the best, wishing them the best

[aquart]

3. Well, that number does seem a bit high.

Don't seem to mention where that radiation may be going.

[Desertrose]

4. Very very sad for all of us.....poor Japan.

:cry:

[Urban Prairie]

5. I hope that this doesn't mean that all of the workers will be driven away from the other

affected reactors, esp. #3 with the MOX as a consequence of Reactor 2's huge increase in radiation, but if so, then what?

Put out a public request for hundreds if not thousands of additional volunteers to quickly become kamikaze?

At the very least, expand the exclusion zone.

Again.

[SpiralHawk]

6. Doubleplusungood

oh oh