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Radiation fire in Fukushima

According to the Nuclear Security Agency of Japan, the radioactive iodine level exceeds 250 thousand times the legal limit in marine waters near the nuclear plant

TOKYO Nuclear Security Agency of Japan said Friday it was detected a concentration of radioactive iodine 250 thousand times the legal limit in marine waters near the nuclear plant in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. In a press conference, a spokesman for the agency explained that these levels were detected in the early hours of Friday in seawater samples collected near the nuclear plant, where on Thursday the concentration of radioactive iodine was 140 times the limit. The level detected today implies that if an adult drink a pint of this water, would receive a radioactivity of a millisievert, explained the spokesman. The nuclear power plant operators Fukushima efforts continue to restore the cooling system of reactors, damaged by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck on March 11, northeastern Japan.

This Thursday is found high levels of radioactivity in water accumulated in various parts of the plant, which forced the hospitalization of two operators and prevented further work aimed to activate the water pumps.
Now the company looks at how to remove the contaminated water was detected in the turbine room of several reactors.
meanwhile, continues injection of water from trucks to avoid overheating: This Friday started pouring fresh water on Units 1 and 3, instead of sea water to prevent salt crystal block valves or pipes.

will be the same with the reactor 2, which is also expected to return part of the electricity in the control room, which has already been achieved in reactors 1 and 3.

The reactor 3 is considered the most dangerous because it is the only uranium also contains plutonium. GDH

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