Fukushima tritium levels spike 15-fold in three days

In just three days, readings of tritium in groundwater near the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant have soared more than 15 times, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant admitted, results of recently tested water taken from the well some 20 meters south from a number of storage tanks have showed that levels of tritium have now reached 64,000 becquerels per liter, on Monday a new hotspot of radiation was detected in groundwater from an observation well next to a faulty water storage tank. some 3,200 becquerels per liter of radioactive substances were recorded in the well, back on September 9, the level of tritium – a potentially dangerous radioactive isotope – from the same location stood at 29,000 compared to 4,200 becquerels per liter on Sunday.

source rt.com