14 DAY TRIAL // This Thursday, a spokesperson for Tepco, the company that owns and operates the Fukushima nuclear plant, announced that radiation levels recorded in the seawater in the facility's proximity were 13 times higher than the ones on Tuesday.
This spike in radiation levels reportedly occurred due to the fact that workers are now busy pumping various chemicals into the ground surrounding the plant in an attempt to harden it and keep contaminated water from reaching the Pacific Ocean.
Thus, it looks like the pressure generated by the injection of these chemicals into the ground pushed some contaminated soil towards the port area.
According to Reuters, the radiation levels recorded on Wednesday were the highest reported in Fukushima's proximity in two years.
Thus, combined Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 readings close to the plant's No.2 reactor amounted to 1,200 becquerels per liter.
News of this high radiation levels recorded in the plant's proximity comes shortly after Tepco announced that, yesterday, another 10 tons of contaminated water spilled after a worker accidentally disconnected a pipeline.