It has been a disturbing week for Japan, not due to any recent economic calamity resulting from Abenomics, but because for the first time since the catastrophic 2011 earthquake, the nation has been rocked with a series of ever stronger tremors, with two 6.0+ stronger quakes recorded in just the past 2 days:
The quakes come at an awkward time, just a few short months before Japan's government aims to restart its first nuclear reactor by around June, following the Fukushima devastation.
While it is unclear if it is directly related to the recent surge in tectonic activity, overnight another radioactive water leak in the sea was detected at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the facility’s operator TEPCO announced. Contamination levels in the gutter reportedly spiked up 70 times over regular readings.
The levels of contamination were between 50 and 70 times higher than Fukushima’s already elevated radioactive status, and were detected at about 10 am local time (1.00 am GMT), AFP reported. After the discovery, the gutter was blocked to prevent leaks to the Pacific Ocean.
As RT adds, throughout Sunday, contamination levels fell, but still measured 10 to 20 times more than prior to the leak. "We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend," a company spokesman said.
Credit to Zero Hedge
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