60 billion bq of radiation leaks into the Pacific every day

KBS (South Korea) on September 19 said that the amount of radioactive material is up to 60 billion bq (Becquerel - the unit of radioactive intensity when the object has 1 decay in 1 second). Daily discharge into the Pacific from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.

On the same day, Japanese media also cited a speech from Japan's Bureau of Meteorology and Hydrology Michio Aoyama at the scientific conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna (Austria). know, the two types of radioactive cesium-137 and strontium-90 are being leaked to the Pacific with a volume of up to 60 billion bq per day.

Radioactivity leaked at Fukushima plant No. 1. (Source: AFP)

This statement is in stark contrast to recent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement that the Japanese government is controlling the problem of leaking radioactive water so that there will not be any safety incidents.

Earlier on September 14, an employee of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the governing unit of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, admitted that the radiation leak had surpassed control.

He added that highly contaminated water leaking from reservoirs has seeped into the sea through drains and continues to detect radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean.

Most recently in August, TEPCO confirmed that 300 tons of contaminated water leaked from some containers, while the highest radiation index was discovered on August 31 in Fukushima up to 1,800 millisievert (mSv). An hour, a dose can be fatal if exposed for 4 hours.