TEPCO: Plutonium levels at 3.5 pCi/kg found in soil .5 km from reactor

Published: April 23rd, 2011 at 8:26 am ET
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Small amounts of plutonium, the detection Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Yomiuri Shimbun, April 22, 2011:

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TEPCO announced that trace amounts of plutonium were detected in two soil at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

At higher concentrations of plutonium-238, 0.13 becquerels per kilogram [3.5 pCi/kg] of soil 1. Concentration and no difference was detected so far, TEPCO continues to release scenarios are not explained. Two locations are 500 m away from No. 1, soil samples were collected 7 days and 11 days.

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Published: April 23rd, 2011 at 8:26 am ET
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