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Only a full international team , with the best "Minds" of the word could try to solve this problem .

@elaine - I suspect, weak party control of government, powerful opposition of other parties plus business interests

@elainekirk That is exactly what a nuclear physician friend of mine keep repeating to me...

Fisheries: No radiation risk beyond exclusion zone

Japan's Fisheries Agency has told fishermen it's safe to conduct regular fishing in waters beyond the 30-kilometer restricted zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The agency sent out a notice to the fisheries industry and municipalities near the plant after the Nuclear Safety Commission conducted a safety assessment requested by the government's nuclear taskforce.

The commission studied underwater radiation levels beyond the restricted zone. It concluded that a person operating far out at sea would be exposed to a maximum of 1.13 millisieverts of radiation per year. The commission also found that a person fishing along the coast more than 30 kilometers from the plant would be exposed to a maximum of 1.43 millisieverts.

The amounts are higher than the annual 1 millisievert exposure limit for regular people, but the commission said they would not cause health problems.

The commission advises that people measure radiation levels while fishing, and avoid exposing skin, in order to reduce exposure levels.

The notice came after fishermen requested confirmation that activities at sea would be safe. These fishermen stopped fishing due to radiation concerns but are considering going back to work.

Following the accident at the nuclear power plant, the government restricted shipping within the 30-kilometer zone around it. Fishing activities are restricted in some areas due to radiation leaking into water.

Separately, the fisheries agency will work with local fishing associations to check the radiation levels of fish and shellfish in waters above the latitude of Kanagawa Prefecture.

Monday, May 09, 2011 06:04 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp

Radioactive strontium detected at Fukushima plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company has detected high levels of radioactive strontium in soil inside the compound of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Strontium can cause cancer and like calcium it tends to collect in bones once humans inhale it.

Up to 570 becquerels of strontium 90 per kilogram of dry soil were detected in samples taken from 3 locations. They were taken on April 18, about 500 meters from the Number 1 and 2 reactors, between the surface and about 5 centimeters deep. The level detected is about 130 times higher than the previous high, which was measured in Fukushima Prefecture after nuclear tests in the atmosphere, and before the accident at the nuclear plant.

Tokyo Electric Power Company also said it found 4,400 becquerels of radioactive strontium 89 per kilogram of dry soil taken from the same location.

Earlier in March, strontium was detected in soil and plants outside the 30-kilometer zone around the Fukushima plant.

A director of the Japan Chemical Analysis Center, Yoshihiro Ikeuchi, says humans could inhale strontium when wind stirs up the radioactive substance, but the amounts would be very limited. He says the current levels won't be a health hazard to plant workers wearing face masks, but monitoring of strontium levels in the air is needed.

Monday, May 09, 2011 06:04 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jp

can I see the yellow cap near the backwall of 4? (seaward side)

Ohio gozaimasu tomodachi

@elainekirk : i found all the posted news very strange. another one is : China asks Japan to ensure food safety over nuclear crisis [Kyodo] and Japan lawmakers call on China to ease food import restrictions [Kyodo]

the usual lies.

this must surely be 1 of the most cruel deceptions ever inflicted on a population by its government

fishing outside the exclusion zone is safe. unbelievable.

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@dean Very nice mom's day. Roast chicken and cabbage. With a little nuetron poison. Yummy.

@UKVal It's always a sunday mid-to-early May. May have to do with the full monn after Easter or a certain number of weeks from Easter. Was Easter last week?

@dean The six factor formula, just looked at it. I had looked at it before.

Mothering Sunday in UK is 4th Sunday of Lent. Easter Day this year was 24th April. Hi everyone!

Nuclear War Survival Skills: www.nukepills.com This is really disgusting, but it is good if you like that kinda stuff.

@ Albee that storm is bad news