A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit early Friday morning at the nuclear facility which suffered catastrophic meltdowns during the 2011 tsunami in Japan.
Officials with Tokyo Electric Power Company said they observed no abnormality in radiation after the quake according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo News. Continue reading
A day after the Japanese government announced plans to fund an “ice wall” to keep radioactive material from the damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor facility from reaching the ocean, officials admitted that radiation levels at the site of a leak is 20% higher than previously mentioned.
The current level around the most recent leak is 2200 millisieverts, enough to give a lethal dose of radiation to a human without hours if they had no protective materials. Continue reading
After various worldwide news sources discovered the leaking of contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant was worse than previously known, the Japanese government has pledged to create an “ice wall” that will stop damage to the environment.
The “wall” would be a series of pipes placed in the ground that will contain coolant materials aimed at freezing the Earth around the facility. Government scientists believe this will keep radioactive water from seeping into the groundwater or flowing into the ocean. Continue reading