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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zurich, July 4 (Swiss Re) – Europe is witnessing a dramatic increase in property damage as a result of soil subsidence. Climate change could magnify those risks, a new Swiss Re publication shows. A new loss model developed by Swiss Re and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) suggests that soil subsidence will […]
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 […]
By arevamirpal::laprimavera2 July 2011 The whole process is as follows: Take the highly contaminated water that has been stored in the Central Waste Processing Facility (about 120,000 tonnes of it) to the water treatment system; The water first goes through the oil separating system built by Toshiba; The water then goes to the system by […]
By Jake Adelstein and David McNeill 2 July 2011 It’s been one of the mysteries of Japan’s ongoing nuclear disaster: How much of the damage did the March 11 earthquake inflict on Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors in the 40 minutes before the devastating tsunami arrived? The stakes are high: If the quake alone structurally compromised the […]
By David Wagner29 June 2011 For those of us who reside anywhere near the Daiichi Fukushima nuclear facility, living with radiation has become an undesired way of life. It is the topic of daily conversation and for good reason. In Tokyo, we continue to face not only the threat of a sudden spike in radiation […]
By Step Vaessen 30 June 2011 Osaka (Al Jazeera) – With the current economic downturn, many of Japan’s poorest are so desperate for work that they are risking exposure to dangerous levels of radiation at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The growing number of so-called nuclear gypsies, who come from across the country, are working […]
We’ve had a number of disturbing reports about the treatment of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Housed in conditions that can be described charitably as “Spartan”, thousands of workers have slept on mats in large common rooms. Workers who brave the high radiation fields inside the reactor buildings are in constant danger of […]
