Since the disaster began at TEPCO's Daiichi Fukushima nuclear power plant in March of 2011 they have done nothing but lie about what damage has been done to the surrounding environment. When power was lost at Fukushima following being hit by a tsunami they continued to insist that the plant was operating normally which it wasn't. They have lied about release of radioactive steam, and other leaks of contaminated water.
A new leak of 100 tons of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima, the plant’s operator said Thursday, after it revealed only one of nine thermometers in a crippled reactor was still working.
The toxic water is no longer escaping from a storage tank on the site, said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), adding it was likely contained, but the news is a further blow to the company’s already-battered reputation for safety.
“As there is no drainage way near the leak, which is in any case far from the ocean, it is unlikely that the water has made its way into the sea,” he said.
The tank, one of hundreds at the site that are used to store water contaminated during the process of cooling broken reactors, sits around 700 meters from the shore.
The water it contains is highly radioactive, with a beta radiation reading “at 230 million becquerel per liter,” he said.
That contamination level compares with government limits of 100 becquerels per kilogram in food and 10 becquerels per liter in drinking water. A becquerel is a unit of radioactivity
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