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  • Japan: 2,000-Millisievert Radiation Detected in No. 1 Reactor Bldg.

    05/14/2011 9:05:31 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 7 replies
    Jiji Press ^ | 05/14/11
    2,000-Millisievert Radiation Detected in No. 1 Reactor Bldg. Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese nuclear safety agency said Saturday that the maximum radiation level of about 2,000 millisieverts per hour was detected in the No. 1 reactor's building of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station. The industry ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency confirmed the level in its measurement conducted Friday afternoon by using a robot. The health ministry exceptionally sets a limit on cumulative radiation doses for workers at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> plant at 250 millisieverts, against 100 millisieverts for workers at nuclear plants...