Friday, March 25, 2011

Radioactive Iodine Found 1250 Times More Than Normal Limit in Pacific Waters

TOKYO – Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Japan's tsunami-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, has spotted radioactive iodine 1,250 times above the normal limit in Pacific Ocean waters around the nuclear stricken power plant, Japan’s Nuclear Safety Agency said Saturday.

Japan’s NSA official told further that in a test conducted by the TEPCO, "radioactive iodine-131 at 1250.8 times the legal limit was detected several hundred metres offshore near reactor number one."

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