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Fukushima School Swimming Pools As High As 100,000 bq/kg
[Translate] School swimming pools in Fukushima have been found to have some with over 100,000 bq/kg, concentrated in mud in the pools. A pool in Fukushima City registered 119,461 bq/kg. from the mud at the bottom of the pool. One in Minamisoma had 8,468 bq/kg. Both pools had not been cleaned out since the March 2011 disaster. Asahi Shimbun mentions some schools cleaned their pools early on but dumped the contaminated water and silt back into the environment. This would contribute to the environmental contamination and can make its way into rivers and streams. The central government is responsible for aiding the clean up due to the high levels but so far have not done anything to clean up the pools. The pools are yet another example of places where radiation can hyper concentrate and … Read entire article »
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Oddities Found Near Unit 5 Fukushima Daiichi
[Translate] TEPCO’s air testing near each reactor unit produced an interesting situation. The readings were taken at the same locations at each reactor yet unit 5′s levels are generally higher or as high as the levels near units 1-4. Considering units 5 and 6 didn’t have meltdowns and sit a considerable distance away from units 1-4 these readings do not make sense. TEPCO provides no explanation. The cesium 134 readings were notably higher than the units that suffered meltdowns. The scaling factor and density limits used are the same for all units. TEPCO’s handout AirSamplingBuildings_130123-e This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here … Read entire article »
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High Levels Of Contamination Found Outside Evacuation Zone
[Translate] MEXT has released more contamination level data that shows considerably high levels outside the 20km evacuation zone, mostly concentrated in a north west path. As data has been coming out recently the north west path has shown to have taken considerable fallout over the last six months. There were also soil samples taken, these showed levels outside the evacuation zone in 66 locations exceeded the evacuation threshold used in Chernobyl. Okuma is 30km from the plant and showed millions of becquerels on the soil sample tests. Namie and Iitate were showing high levels on the MEXT sampling information, both are outside the evacuation zone. Some of this area to the north and west had been evacuated, but there are still people in this northwest stretch that the government has not done anything … Read entire article »
Filed under: Current Readings, METI, MEXT, Reporting Agencies, Sea/Soil Contamination
MEXT Radiation Testing Results For September 1st
[Translate] MEXT has new radiation testing results out. They tested drinking water and various monitoring posts for radiation. All of their drinking water tests came up clean but they excluded Fukushima and Ibaraki. An independent citizen testing to confirm these results would be valuable. Futuba shows consistent higher levels of radiation. The radiation testing by prefecture showed widespread contamination. MEXT monitoring results in English http://radioactivity.mext.go.jp/en/ MEXT monitoring results in Japanese http://radioactivity.mext.go.jp/ja/ This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort … Read entire article »
Filed under: MEXT, Reporting Agencies
Fukushima Daiichi Leaking 1 Billion Becquerels Per Hour
[Translate] According to a news report by NHK today Fukushima Daiichi has lowered the emissions from the damaged plant. Even with the lowered rate, about 1 billion becquerels per hour of radiation are being released from the nuclear power plant. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that goes into our research and analysis. Referring to something or a quote is great, copying it all or in substantial parts is not so great. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Daiichi NPP, Monitoring Results, Plant Status, Radiation Exposure, The Latest
Building A Citizen Testing System In Japan
[Translate] What is currently happening in Japan may sound familiar to many in Germany. After Chernobyl exploded, governments were intent on downplaying the situation. One German politician even erroneously suggested boiling milk would remove radioactive contamination. Obviously that is not true but illustrates the same kind of disconnect that is frustrating consumers in Japan today. Comprehensive food testing in Germany was not coming together so the citizens took it upon themselves to do so without government help. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so … Read entire article »
Filed under: Citizen Reporting, On the Ground, The Latest
Joint US & Japanese Study Shows Radiation Releases Doubled Estimates
[Translate] A joint survey by the US Dept. of Energy and Japan’s METI showed that the radioactive releases from Fukushima were double the initial estimates. Areas near Iitate and Namie now exceed the radiation level of evacuated areas at Chernobyl. These areas in Japan are currently outside of the evacuation zone. This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that goes into our research and analysis. Referring to something or a quote is great, copying … Read entire article »
Filed under: Japan Exposure, METI, News & Info.
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