Second extremely high radiation reading recorded at Fukushima Daiichi
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) recorded a second source of an extremely high radiation exposure amid the wreckage of its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant destroyed by the multiple unit hydrogen explosions and nuclear meltdowns as a result of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
On August 3, 2011, geiger counters used by TEPCO workers entering Unit 1 shot up to 5 seiverts per hour (500 REM/hr). This is considered a deadly dose of radiation forcing the workers to retreat from the area. On August 1, 2011 workers first encountered a radiation field that sent instrument readings offscale at more than 10 seiverts per hour.
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Arnie Gundersen (pictured at left) at Fairewinds Associates has posted a video explaining his theories about the origins of the lethally high radioactivity dose rates now being detected at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It is entitled "Lethal Levels of Radiation at Fukushima: What Are the Implications?"