Nikkei: Two sieverts/hr of beta radiation emitted from a single liter of leaked water

Published: February 3rd, 2012 at 4:56 pm ET
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Title: Fukushima nuclear power plant of 2,000 millisievert a beta ray was a water leak in the vicinity
Source: Nikkei
Date: Feb 3, 2012 at 11:07p JST
Translation by EX-SKF

TEPCO announced on February 3 that the water leaked from one of the contaminated water storage tanks at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. 2,000 millisieverts/hour beta radiation was detected. The amount of the leak was small, and there was no leak into the ocean. The leak stopped when the bolt was further tightened. The radiation was then shielded with acrylic plates, and the beta radiation dropped to 15 millisieverts/hour.

The bolt may have gotten loose at the joint of a storage tank that stores the contaminated water that was condensed by the desalination apparatus (Reverse Osmosis), letting the water leak. TEPCO said a large amount of radioactive strontium might be in the water. On the concrete where the leaked water was, 22 millisieverts/hour gamma ray was also detected [...]

Read the report here

EX-SKF notes that there are 100 or more massive tanks similar to the one that leaked (see photo below). Do they all contain water emitting multiple sieverts per liter?

TEPCO (2/3/2012):

Published: February 3rd, 2012 at 4:56 pm ET
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