(UPDATED) Just In, from TEPCO's Tweet: High Levels of Strontium, Tritium in Groundwater Sampled Near Reactor 2 Turbine Building at #Fukushima I Nuke Plant

Notes from the press conference in my latest post.

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(UPDATE 4) It is per liter, confirms Kino. Phew. It is still very high for groundwater, supposedly not contaminated (at least not by much at all).

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(UPDATE 3) Jiji Tsushin says the unit is per liter, not per cubic centimeter.

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(UPDATE 2) Independent journalist Ryuichi Kino's tweet:

東電から会見メール。タービン建屋の海側の観測孔から高濃度の放射性物質が出たと。濃度はストロンチウムが１立方センチあたり１０の３乗。トリチウムが１０の５乗レベル。１０時から臨時会見。

— 木野龍逸 (Ryuichi KINO) (@kinoryuichi) June 19, 2013

Strontium at a level of 10^3 (in thousands) per cubic centimeter, tritium at a level of 10^5 (in hundred thousands) per cubic centimeter. (Update from Kino, it is per liter.)

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(UPDATE) "Higher than normal", says Jiji Tsushin.

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Details to be discussed in the ad hoc press conference at 10AM, June 19, 2013 (Japan Standard Time).

TEPCO　Nuclear's tweet, about 30 minutes ago:

■お知らせ■本日（6/19）午前10時から本店本館3階において会見を開催し、２号機タービン建屋東側の観測孔でトリチウムおよびストロンチウムが高い値で検出されたことをご説明させていただきます。臨時会見はライブ配信でご覧いただけます。http://t.co/icHWTJJncR

— 東京電力　（原子力） (@TEPCO_Nuclear) June 18, 2013

We will hold a press conference at 10AM today (June 19) on the third floor of our headquarters building [in Tokyo] to explain about high levels of tritium and strontium [from the groundwater sampled] from one of the observation holes on the east side of Reactor 2 turbine building. This ad hoc press conference can be viewed via live stream.

TEPCO's live stream video page is here: http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/streaming/index-j.html

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