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Japanese Nuke Officials: 1000x Normal Radiation Levels Inside Damaged Plant (Updated: Leaking Out)

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There’s literally no such thing as a completely safe exposure to radiation. So official reports of 1000 times normal levels in the Fukushima plant’s control room are very, very troubling—especially since this plant’s venting air.

https://gizmodo.com/japan-declares-nuclear-emergency-as-nuclear-plants-cool-5780925

Update: The NYT is reporting that “some radiation—it was not clear how much—[has] seeped outside the plant.”

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