On 01 August 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company detected a massive radiation leak from a pipe between reactors 1 and 2.  It’s emitting 10 sieverts (10,000 millisieverts) per hour.  The Japanese Science Ministry says anyone who is exposed to such levels can die in one to two weeks!

Now TEPCo says it’s possible there are other radioactive hot spots within the Fukushima Daiichi compound.  They claim they will check for more hot spots.  The amazing thing is that time after time, whenever a massive amount of radiation is detected, TEPCo says they will conduct better monitoring, yet it’s starting to look like they lie about it.

This latest radiation hot spot was found by a gamma ray camera, but apparently the pipe has been emitting the deadly levels for months.  TEPCo now speculates that the pipe is full of material from melted active nuclear fuel rods from Reactor 1.  Reactor 1 melted down just hours after the 11 March 2011 quake and tsunami.  TEPCo says the pipe was used to vent the reactor after the melt down.