Record-high radiation levels of more than 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour have been detected on a pipe at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.
TEPCO said Monday no workers trying to bring the plant under control have been working near the pipe.
Exposure to radiation of that level for just six minutes would be enough to cause nausea and other acute symptoms.
According to TEPCO, the pipe connects the containment vessels of (…)