Fukushima radiation monitoring equipment goes off scale.

by | Apr 5, 2011 | elf n safety, Environment, Health, Politics, Well I never.

From NHK, pity the poor buggers doing their best to prevent further calamity at the crippled nuclear plants in Japan :

Plant radiation monitor says levels immeasurable

A radiation monitor at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says workers there are exposed to immeasurable levels of radiation.

The monitor told NHK that no one can enter the plant’s No. 1 through 3 reactor buildings because radiation levels are so high that monitoring devices have been rendered useless. He said even levels outside the buildings exceed 100 millisieverts in some places.

Pools and streams of water contaminated by high-level radiation are being found throughout the facility.

The monitor said he takes measurements as soon as he finds water, because he can’t determine whether it’s contaminated just by looking at it. He said he’s very worried about the safety of workers there.

What remains to be revealed is exactly what equipment they have been using to make the soothing noises about radiation levels being under control?

 

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