Report of ‘10 million times higher radiation’ wrong: Japan

Last Updated: Monday, March 28, 2011, 00:46

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Report of ‘10 million times higher radiation’ wrong: Japan

Tokyo: The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant said on Monday a very high radiation reading that had sent workers fleeing the No. 2 reactor was erroneous.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) vice-president Sakae Muto apologized for Sunday's error, which added to alarm inside and outside Japan over the impact of contamination from the complex which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

Radiation in the water was a still worrying 100,000 times higher than normal, rather than 10 million times higher as originally stated, Muto said.

"I am very sorry...I would like to make sure that such a mistake will not happen again."

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First Published: Monday, March 28, 2011, 00:46

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RAJAT KUMAR MOHINDRU - JALANDHAR CITY .PUNJAB
The issue of rise in the radiation in the Nuclear Plants in Japan is a serious issue as this can effect the Nature`s Enviornment which can upset the ecological balance in the atmosphere .at it is a great threat to the Human beings .