Since the radioactive water in units 2 and 3 seems to be at 100,000 times normal and is thought to be seeping into the ocean because it is being found even 1.6 miles now north of the plant at 1850 times normal radiation presently, I was thinking that it also could be seeping into the fresh water table as well on the way to the sea. So, likely wells need to continue to be monitored near the nuclear plant for spikes in radiation since the partial meltdowns.
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On Sunday, TEPCO officials said radiation in leaking water in the Unit 2 reactor was 10 million times above normal — an apparent spike that sent employees fleeing the unit. The day ended with officials saying the huge figure had been miscalculated and offering apologies.
"The number is not credible," TEPCO spokesman Takashi Kurita said late Sunday. "We are very sorry."
A few hours later, TEPCO Vice President Sakae Muto said a new test had found radiation levels 100,000 times above normal — far better than the first results, though still very high.
But he ruled out having an independent monitor oversee the various checks despite the errors.
Muto acknowledged it could take a long time to clean up the Fukushima complex.
"We cannot say at this time how many months or years it will take," he said. end quote
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLfgLMDfRUPJifxp_sqEvksfqvbg?docId=36f330d4141d4841a8396367f0e57607
I think "we cannot say at this time how many months or years it will take," says it all.
Chernobyl the city was evacuated in 1986. It is still evacuated today in 2011, 25 years later.
Note: If the radiation was coming from reactor number 3 it actually could be 10 million times normal because reactor number 3 with plutonium is (potentially) 2 million times more toxic to life than all the other individual reactors that only contain Uranium.
However, most people who haven't studied this worldwide might not know this.
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