Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, March 28, 2011 (1:30 PM EDT)

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 1:30 P.M. EDT.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has detected isolated, low concentrations of plutonium in the soil at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The density of plutonium is equivalent to the fallout that reached Japan from nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War, the company said.

TEPCO conducted analysis of plutonium contained in the soil collected on March 21 and 22 at five locations at the…