Radioactive Iodine 1,250 Times over Limit in Sea off Japan's Plant
Xinhua News Agency, March 26, 2011 Adjust font size:
The operator of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has detected radioactive iodine 1,250.8 times above legal limit in sea near the plant, local media reported Saturday.
The readings were taken at a discharge outlet of the utility, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Co.
The Japanese authorities have been stepping up efforts to fix the nuclear power plant crippled by devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
