Fukushima nuclear reactor radiation at highest level since 2011 meltdown

Extraordinary readings pile pressure on operator Tepco in its efforts to decommission nuclear power stationRadiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station are at their highest since the plant suffered a triple meltdown almost six years ago.
The facility’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), said atmospheric readings as high as 530 sieverts an hour had been recorded inside the containment vessel of reactor No 2, one of three reactors that experie