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Companies in no-go zone begin radiation checks

Companies in a village near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that have been granted permission to continue operations have begun daily monitoring of their workplace radiation levels.

The government expanded the 20-kilometer evacuation zone around the plant last month, due to the risks associated with long-term radiation exposure. Residents of Iitate Village, 30 kilometers northwest of the plant, must evacuate by the end of May.

But the government has allowed 9 companies in the village to continue operations on the condition that they monitor and report their workers' exposure to radiation.

A local precision equipment maker began conducting worker radiation checks on Monday.

Some 60 employees received instructions on how to use a radiation dosimeter. They then measured and recorded their radiation levels.

The company's workers are to take exposure readings on a daily basis before going home from work.

The company says it is also using various strategies to reduce the amount of radioactive matter that enters the factory, such as keeping windows closed and moving outdoor air conditioning units above the ground.

Monday, May 23, 2011 18:09 +0900 (JST)
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@Edano that's the petition I posted here! Glad they got so many signatures

@Markfm, thanks. I find the label "empty" somewhat strange in the light of thermographs showing higher temps over the reactor well than over the pool. I was researching this puzzle and could not come up with anything palpable in the Tepco relases. I wrote up my thoughts to date here: brainmindinst.blogspot.com . The story has got a somewhat provocative ending. I do not like conspiracy theories much, but figured the heck with it.

@Peter Melzer They have had to spray those hot spots outside the sfp in the past. There have also been hot spots on the deck near the reactor well. Something is out of the ordinary at 4. Dean mentioned a reactor well will have residual heat even after fuel is removed. I don't know for sure if that fully explains all that is seen at 4.

Fuku-tracking site with always something eyeopening : ex-skf.blogspot.com

I personally see enough in the literature discrediting Busby's fringe claims that I discount anything he comes out with hugely. I say what I disagree with, why, then let it go.

@panserbjorne9 (clapping)

@LM right, notice the tower and the base of the reactor building deck do not move as the red spot does.

Ocean contamination rising across the board. www.tepco.co.jp

@Markfm : staring at the picturres, i can't really tell what they mean.

aww! Hugs!!
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@Nancy & LM : maybe smoke sometimes hide the view on the red rubble that is definitiv on that position on #3

@Nancy & LM : also on the corner from #4 is redish stuff to be seen in the closeup video posted by deb
yesterday morning

@me Every so often you can see orange flickering between rungs in back of stack.

@LM
im also not sure, just an other point of view. and the coinsident that the day view shows reddish stuff an exact the same spots shoud not completly be ignord.

@LM i'm looking forward to the closeups in some houres, hope that answers some quations

Difficulty awaits in reconstruction

But many areas in the region, still struggling with the removal of debris, have not yet started concrete reconstruction work. If the council works out a reconstruction vision without establishing a rapport with people in the devastated areas, they will only feel that it is trying to impose its vision on them. The council members should realize that their job is difficult. The devastated areas are vast and the situation is different from area to area.
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hi dean!