TOKYO, June 14 (AFP) — Japan’s Fukushima city said on Tuesday it would hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away. The city will hand the measuring devices to all children aged between four and 15 for three months from September […]
TOKYO, June 15 (AFP) — Japanese whale hunters have found traces of radioactive caesium in two of the ocean giants recently harpooned off its shores in the Pacific Ocean, a fisheries agency official said Wednesday. Two minke whales culled off the northern island of Hokkaido showed readings of 31 becquerels and 24.3 becquerels of caesium […]
[Update: Readers have suggested that the “plume” is merely fog rolling in from the ocean. Desdemona agrees and slaps forehead.] Things start cooking around 1:30, and the big plume starts at about 2:10. Here’s what Google translate says about the caption: Unit 3, white smoke from the No. 4 (black and white, so clear […]
June 14 (NHK) – The health ministry says that another 23 workers at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have been exposed internally to over 100 millisieverts of radiation. The ministry on Tuesday told plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company to immediately release the workers from duty. The ministry said keeping the employees at […]
At :45 in Rain and winds bringing radiation into Fukushima City [60 km from plant]. We were at a spot with 1,000 times safe dosage. These are very, very dangerous levels. These area are considered safe by authorities. There are hot spots where radiation is off the charts. RT in Fukushima: Radiation 1000 times […]
June 13 (NHK) – The health and labor ministry says six other workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have received radiation doses above the allowable emergency level. Tokyo Electric Power Company reported to the health ministry on Monday on the results of the latest checks of workers at the power plant. The […]
By NORIMITSU ONISHI and MARTIN FACKLER12 June 2011 TOKYO — On the evening of March 12, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s oldest reactor had suffered a hydrogen explosion and risked a complete meltdown. Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked aides to weigh the risks of injecting seawater into the reactor to cool it down. At this […]
Location:Unit 1 nuclear power plant Fukushima Current values:D / W: two hundred sixty-one Sv / h , S / C: 0.838 Sv / h Radiation inside Reactor No. 1 drywell hits new high of 251 Sieverts per hour Technorati Tags: Fukushima,Japan,Asia,pollution,infrastructure failure
Tokyo, June 12 (DPA) – Radioactive contamination from the stricken nuclear power facility Fukushima has worsened, the operators TEPCO warned Sunday, with probes of groundwater seawater turning up traces of strontium that were 240 times above the allowable maximum limit. Nuclear regulatory authorities reported finding the dangerously radioactive element near the damaged reactors 1 and […]
Shizuoka, June 10 (KYODO) – Shizuoka Prefecture told a Tokyo-based mail order company not to say anything on its website about excessive radioactive material being found in tea from the prefecture, the retailer said Friday. After Radishbo-ya Co. made an inquiry to the Shizuoka Prefectural Government about the matter Monday, a prefectural official told the […]
