Japan: Surge in tritium levels at Fukushima plant

  • 11 years ago
Increased levels of the radioactive element tritium have been found in groundwater at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.

Readings, taken from samples drawn from a well close to storage tanks holding contaminated water, were more than 50 percent higher on Wednesday than a day earlier.

Tritium is less harmful to humans than cesium and strontium.
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