Radiation levels near Japan's damaged Fukushima reactor hit two-year high


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 Oct 2013

TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation levels in seawater just outside one of the damaged Fukushima reactors spiked this week to the highest level in two years, the operator of the crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Thursday.

Radiation levels on Wednesday, the day six workers were exposed to highly radioactive water, jumped 13 times the previous day's reading, the highest levels since late 2011.

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