Friday, April 1, 2011

Japan Nuclear Radiation contaminate Groundwater

Fukushima
TOKYO - The level of radiation has now reached the limit of concern, the Japanese government reported that the radiation seeping through to the groundwater, but does not affect the drinking water supply.

Leakage was reported Thursday, although now the workers are still trying to cool a nuclear power plant (NPP), which was destroyed in the tsunami lunge on 11 March.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has requested international assistance to overcome this problem, the latest thing, they order a pump from the new U.S. giant will arrive later this month to flush the reactor with water.

Contamination of ground water, 10 thousand times higher than government standards, is the latest news from the Fukushima plant. Reports the Associated Press on Friday (01/04/2011).

It is feared of these is the possibility of contamination of ground water will seep through eventually to the river and swallowed.

In the latest report says that the food has already started polluted, the government was now beginning to test against cow slaughter which is now contained cesium, radioactive particles.

Radioactive cesium can be lodged in the body and can lead to several types of cancer. Substance is still commonly found in the plains of Germany, Austria and France, 25 years after the tragedy of Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion, and there is also the wild pigs in Germany, so many that no longer consume pork.

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