14 September 2013 (02:59 UTC-07 Tango)/09 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/23 Shahrivar 1392/10 Xin-You (8th month) 4711

Tokyo Electric Power Company reporting that the same test well continues to show rapidly increasing levels of tritium.  The well is 20 meters (65 feet) north of the water storage tank that leaked at least 300 metric tons of contaminated water back in August.

Earlier this week TEPCo reported 32-thousand becquerels per liter of contamination at the well, measured on 09 September.  TEPCo reported that the same well was contaminated with 64-thousand becquerels per liter of tritium on 10 September.  Then on 13 September TEPCo reported tritium levels rose to 97-thousand becquerels on 11 September, and then to 130-thousand on 12 September!

 130-thousand becquerels is more than twice the level the Japanese government has set as the amount allowed to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean.