Fukushima, March 27: Radioactivity near Japan Fukushima nuclear plant has risen to 1,850 times legal level as the nuclear crisis is worsening in the quake-hit country after more than two weeks.
Japan’s nuclear safety agency said on Sunday that radioactive iodine in the waters off the quake-hit site rose to 1,850 times the usual level from 1,250 times measured on Saturday.
Separately, senior agency official Hidehiko Nishiyama said leakage from reactor vessels was likely to have been the cause for high levels of radiation found in water that has accumulated in turbine buildings, Reuters reported.
The radioactive water within the plant has hampered workers from restoring its cooling systems.
International shipping companies say their cargo ships will not enter Japanese ports for the fear of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear plant.
——–Agencies