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appleannie1943

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Sat Feb 4, 2017, 11:11 AM Feb 2017

Fukushima Reactor #2 pressure vessel breached, rising to "unimaginable" levels of radiation. [View all]

Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six years ago.

The facility’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said atmospheric readings as high as 530 sieverts an hour had been recorded inside the containment vessel of reactor No 2,...

The recent reading, described by some experts as “unimaginable”, is far higher than the previous record of 73 sieverts an hour in that part of the reactor.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/3/1629551/--Fukushima-Reactor-2-pressure-vessel-breached-rising-to-unimaginable-levels-of-radiation?detail=facebook

One of the scariest parts is that in the age of Trump, this is relegated to back page news.

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