'Bodies Everywhere' in Japan Tsunami Zone

TOKYO -- Officials with the company that operates Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant say radioactive contamination in groundwater underneath a reactor has been measured at 10,000 times the government health standard.

A spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. says the company doesn't believe any drinking water supply is affected.

Contaminated water has been pooling at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power complex since it was damaged by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. It has already leaked into the ocean.

Spokesman Naoyuki Matsumo says the elevated levels of iodine-131 were measured in groundwater 15 meters underneath one of six reactors at the plant. Iodine is a radioactive substance that decays quickly, with half disappearing in eight days.

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Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Earthquake and tsunami survivors search for their belongings amid debris in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday. Click the image for more photos from the aftermath of Japan's tragic disaster.

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

People retrieve tableware from a destroyed restaurant following the March 11 tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 31, 2011.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures before boarding a car upon arrival at Haneda international airport in Tokyo,Thursday, March 31, 2011. Sarkozy arrived here to offer support to the country after its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor crisis, his office said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 15th Brigade play the Okinawan three-stringed instrument "Sanshin" before evacuees at a shelter in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Daisuke Uragami) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

An elderly woman carries an empty plastic canteen on a cart heading her way to pick up drinking water following the March 11 tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 31, 2011.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

In this image released by Chris MacKenzie, an illustration titled "Copter Lift" used in "Quakebook," designed by contributor Chris MacKenzie, is shown. A British teacher living in Abiko city, just east of Tokyo, is leading a volunteer team of bloggers, writers and editors producing "Quakebook," a collection of reflections, essays and images of the March 11 earthquake that will be sold in the coming days as a digital publication. Proceeds from the project will go to the Japanese Red Cross, said the 40-year-old, who goes by the pseudonym "Our Man in Abiko." (AP Photo/Chris MacKenzie) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

Areva Chief Exective Officer Anne Lauvergeon speaks during a press conference in Tokyo,Thursday, March 31, 2011. Lauvergeon said she appreciated the enormity of the problem. Areva, a large supplier of nuclear fuel, sent staff with expertise in boiling water reactors and disposing of contaminated water and fuel rods. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

A "Statue Of Liberty" stands intact among debris left following the March 11 tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 31, 2011.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami

A couple offers prayers before the collapsed family grave stone at a cemetery following the March 11 tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 31, 2011.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami