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Radiation Levels Are Soaring Inside the Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have hit a record high, and are the worst since the plant suffered a triple meltdown nearly six years ago. The latest readings now pose a serious challenge as officials prepare to dismantle the stricken facility. Radiation levels inside the containment vessel of reactor No. 2 at Fukushima has reached 530 sieverts per hour—a figure described by experts as “unimaginable.” The readings, taken by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc...
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Will we ever learn that nuclear power is one of the most dangerous things to our planet ever causing irreversible ecological damage? Nuclear waste can last up to 100,000 years, and it will certainly be humanity’s most enduring legacy. We even have very recent and scary examples of it to prove it: Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima.