Radiation readings spike at water tank at Japan's ruined nuclear plant

Radiation readings spike at water tank at Japan's ruined nuclear plant

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation near a tank holding highly contaminated water at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has spiked 18-fold, the plant's operator said on Sunday, highlighting the struggle to bring the crisis under control after more than two years. Radiation of 1,800 millisieverts per hour - enough to kill an exposed person in four hours - was detected near the bottom of one storage tank on Saturday, Tokyo Electric Power Co, also known as Tepco, said. An August 22 readings measured radiation of 100 millisieverts per hour at the same tank. ...