Fukushima radiation readings peg monitors offscale at 1000 REM/hr
Deadly doses of radiation at ground level around the shambles of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were recorded at the highest level since the March 11, 2011 nuclear accident at 10 sieverts per hour sending radiation monitors off scale. Radiation exposures of 500 REM can cause prompt fatality.
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The Mainichi Daily News has also reported on this story, including that Tepco does not even plan to measure radiation at two other pipes nearby that they already know are emitting at least 1,000 rems per hour, because no workers are expected to work near there. However, as the Mainichi Daily News points out, if such lethally high readings are found elsewhere at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, it could significantly hamper efforts to bring the situation -- of three melted down atomic reactor cores, and multiple boiling high-level radioactive waste storage pools -- under control.
Bloomberg has also reported on this story.