14 DAY TRIAL // News from Japan says that, as detailed in a recent press release issued by Tepco, i.e. the company that operates the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, radiation levels in the region have upped to a considerable extent.
More precisely, RT says that, according to recent readings, nuclear radiation levels around this site have increased to 8 millisieverts per year.
To put things into perspective, it must be said that, for the time being, the country's government considered levels of just 1 millisieverts to be safe.
Throw in some math, and it becomes clear that radiation at the nuclear power plant's boundaries is now 8 times higher than the government standard.
By the looks of it, these elevated radiation levels were recorded in the proximity of an area where several storage tanks containing highly radioactive water are located.
Tepco speculates that compounds in the water held in these tanks are interacting with the materials that the storage facilities are made of, and causing X-rays to form.
These X-rays are believed to be the chief reason behind the increase in radiation levels.