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Record cesium found in Fukushima water and beta ray-emitting substances including strontium-90.

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001032633

1:21 pm, February 14, 2014

Jiji Press FUKUSHIMA (Jiji Press)—Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday that 130,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per liter were detected in groundwater sampled the same day from an observation well at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

The level was the highest for radioactive cesium found in well water at the plant, which was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, according to the power supplier.

The sampled water contained 37,000 becquerels of cesium-134 and 93,000 becquerels of cesium-137, TEPCO said.

The water also contained 260,000 becquerels of beta ray-emitting substances including strontium-90.

The level of cesium-134 and cesium-137 stood at 22,000 becquerels and 54,000 becquerels, respectively, in groundwater collected from the same well on Wednesday.

Near the observation well is a cable trench linked to the turbine building for the No. 2 reactor.

High-level radioactive water that has accumulated in the trench may be leaking, TEPCO officials said.

February 14, 2014 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized