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The groundwater sample collected Saturday from the well contained 34,000 becquerels of tritium per liter, up from 23,000 becquerels detected in a sample collected Thursday, a day after the well was installed some 4 meters away from the sea, the plant operator said.

The observation well was set up Wednesday about 4 meters north of the water intake for the No. 1 reactor.

Radioactive water is increasing at the Fukushima complex daily because groundwater is contaminated as it passes through the plant’s premises, where three reactors experienced meltdowns following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

The utility suspects that groundwater has been contaminated at an underground trench by the sea that is connected to the No. 2 reactor building. The newly built well is located some 160 meters north of the trench…… http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/11/national/toxic-water-detected-in-newly-built-well-at-fukushima-nuclear-plant/#.UgkymNJwo6I