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 […]
FUKUSHIMA, June 11 (Mainichi Japan) — Young parents are moving away from towns near the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant as areas of high radiation continue to be discovered, raising fears over the effects on young children. Around 50 kilometers northwest of the power plant is Soma city’s Tamano district, located at the foot […]
June 12 (NHK) – The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been forced to reconsider its plan to cool the spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor. Water injection from a special vehicle has not been intense enough to cool the water in the pool, allowing the temperature to remain […]
June 10 (Mainichi Japan) – Sludge that will be generated in the process of treating radioactive water at the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is estimated to contain 100 million becquerels of radioactive substances per cubic centimeter, the plant operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) made the estimation in a report on […]
By arevamirpal::laprimavera10 June 2011 They’re going to fit 3-year-olds with dosimeters. If the radiation is such a worry, shouldn’t they evacuate small children out of the city first? Or are they planning something else? From Nikkei Shinbun, quoting Kyodo News (6/10/2011): 福島県伊達市は９日、福島第１原発事故で子供がいる親の不安が高まっているとして、市内の小中学校と幼稚園、保育園に通う児童、生徒、園児約８千人全員に小 型線量計を配布すると発表した。７月上旬にも始める方針。福島県内では、町の一部が計画的避難区域となっている川俣町も小中学生と園児1500人全員に近 く線量計を配布する予定。 Date City in Fukushima Prefecture announced on June 9 that they […]
