Fukushima cleanup recruits ‘nuclear gypsies’ from across Japan

By Justin McCurry in Iwaki-Yumoto, www.guardian.co.uk13 July 2011 The sun has only just risen in Iwaki-Yumoto when groups of men in white T-shirts and light blue cargo pants emerge blinking into the sunlight, swapping the comfort of their air-conditioned rooms for the fierce humidity of a Japanese summer. Four months on from the start of […]

Radioactive beef from over 500 cattle ‘sold in around Tokyo’

Reporting by Risa Maeda, editing by Jane Baird18 July 2011 TOKYO (Reuters) – More than 500 beef cattle that ate feed contaminated by radioactive material from Fukushima have already shipped to other parts of Japan, an initial result of inspections on the area’s farms showed Monday. Separately, Yomiuri newspaper said Japan’s central government is expected […]

Workers toil under intense heat at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

July 16 (Press Trust Of India) – Workers are struggling under intense heat at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with as many as 31 people having fallen sick complaining of apparent symptoms of heat stroke, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co. While the utility, which operates the plant, has taken steps to ease […]

Fukushima to decontaminate entire city – Effort to take up to 20 years

July 14 (Yomiuri Shimbun) – The Fukushima municipal government likely will decontaminate the city’s entire area in response to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to city government sources. Fukushima is the second municipality in Fukushima Prefecture that plans to decontaminate the entire area under its jurisdiction. The first […]

Cows fed hay with radioactive cesium at 250 times legal limit

July 11 (NHK) – Radioactive cesium far exceeding the legal limit has been detected in hay that was fed to cattle at a farm in Fukushima Prefecture. The prefecture has been investigating why the cattle were contaminated with the radioactive substance. On Sunday, officials took samples of feed and well water at the farm located […]

Radioactive cesium contamination found in Japan cattle and tea

By arevamirpal::laprimavera8 July 2011 These cattle were allowed to be sold, as long as they were scrubbed clean of radioactive materials on their skin, thanks to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the same ministry that is pushing to have the Japanese cuisine recognized as UNESCO’s “world intangible cultural heritage”. According to Asahi Shinbun […]

Japan citizen groups alarmed by radioactive soil, call for evacuation of children and pregnant women

TOKYO, July 4 (AFP) – Soil radiation in a city 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Japan’s stricken nuclear plant is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens’ groups said Tuesday. The survey of four locations in Fukushima city, outside the nuclear evacuation zone, showed that all soil samples contained caesium exceeding Japan’s […]

Fukushima soil survey finds widespread radioactive cesium exceeding legal limits – Residents dumping irradiated soil in forests and parks

TOKYO, July 5 (Kyodo) – […] A survey of soil at four locations in the city of Fukushima on June 26 found that all samples were contaminated with radioactive cesium, measuring 16,000 to 46,000 becquerels per kilogram and exceeding the legal limit of 10,000 becquerels per kg, citizens groups involved said Tuesday. The city, about […]

Thyroid gland radiation found in 45 percent of 1,080 children tested in Fukushima

By arevamirpal::laprimavera5 July 2011 The Nuclear Safety Commission headed by Haruki “Detarame” Madarame disclosed on July 4 that the test conducted in late March had found 45% of 1,080 children tested in Fukushima Prefecture had internal radiation exposure at thyroid gland, according to Tokyo Shinbun. 3 months, that seems to be the amount of time […]

Video: Daily life in Fukushima: ‘It was like visiting another universe’

Uploaded by RussiaToday 3 July 2011 Jan Beranek, who is with a team of Greenpeace activists investigating the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster, says Japanese are encouraged to return to their normal lives unaware of the dangers they face in the contaminated area. “I personally find it very disturbing, because on the one hand […]

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