14 DAY TRIAL // The levels of radioactive cesium in a well at the Fukushima nuclear power plant have risen 90 times over the past three days and there’s the threat that they could spread into the Pacific Ocean.
TEPCO, the company that operated the plant and is now responsible of the cleanup and decommissioning claims that the Cesium levels have reached 27,000 Becquerel’s per liter, the highest levels registered since the 2011 disaster.
The discovery was made near the second reactor of the plant.
“It is unclear if the radioactive water is leaking into the sea. After gathering the needed data, we will conduct analyses,” a TEPCO official said, according to Japan Times.
They also mentioned that while the Cesium levels climbed 90 times in just three days, other radioactive materials have maintained the same levels.
The news comes just a few days after new safety rules were put into place in order to avoid a new disaster like the one in March 2011.