U.S.-Japan joint survey reveals high radiation beyond evacuation zone

[robdogbucky]

BY HISAE SATO STAFF WRITER
2011/05/08

The first map of ground surface contamination within 80 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant shows radiation levels higher in some municipalities than those in the mandatory relocation zone around the Chernobyl plant.

The map, released May 6, was compiled from data from a joint aircraft survey undertaken by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the U.S. Department of Energy. It showed that a belt of contamination, with 3 million to 14.7 million becquerels of cesium-137 per square meter, spread to the northwest of the nuclear plant.

After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, those living in areas with more than 555,000 becquerels of cesium-137 per square meter were forced to relocate. However, the latest map shows that accumulated radioactivity exceeded this level at some locations outside the official evacuation zones, including the village of Iitate and the town of Namie.

"I am surprised by the extent of the contamination and the vast area it covers," said Tetsuji Imanaka, assistant professor of nuclear engineering at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute. "This (map) will be useful in planning evacuation zones as well as the decontamination of roads and public facilities..."

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105070143.html


Those measurements were all done by air with dosimeters. They plan to follow up with a ground survey.




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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Will a city like Tokyo become uninhabitable due to the radiation?

[marions ghost]

4. Things will change for sure

This story says that some are calling for moving the capitol. The reason given is that it needs to be in a place that is not as susceptible to earthquakes.

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105080124.html

I doubt that Tokyo becomes uninhabitable, but they need to get control of this thing and close nuclear plants close to Tokyo. So crazy to risk the largest urban population in the world.

And then I hope Japan moves full steam ahead into alternatives. I wish America would help in that, but we are so backward.

[enough]

2. One-third of all Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant. Will we wake up?

http://www.psr.org/news-events/news-archive/are-you-within-a-nuclear-accident-evacuation-zone.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. We'll wake up In the zombie zone, maybe.

[robdogbucky]

5. Japan: New Smoke At Nuclear Plant

5:18 PM, May 8, 2011

Fukushima Prefecture, Japan -- Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), and the Japanese government gave a joint press conference on Sunday and explained that an unusual amount of smoke that billowed from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactor on Saturday night was nothing to be concerned about.

"Steam is coming out from the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors, and I'm assuming that due to shadows created by lighting, the steam appeared black. Therefore, we assessed that it's not smoke from something burning or that sort of thing," TEPCO's General Manager, Junichi Matsumoto reassured reporters at the press conference.

Kyodo News Agency reported that the temperature of No. 3 reactor rose from 163 degrees Celsius to 202 degrees Celsius on Saturday, although this is still lower than the normal operating temperature of 286 degrees Celsius. This has possibly caused the more than usual amount of steam coming out from the nuclear reactors.

TEPCO also decided to open the reinforced door of the troubled No. 1 reactor building on Sunday, making way for engineers to work inside to stabilize it...

http://www.digtriad.com/news/national/article/174708/175/Japan-New-Smoke-At-Nuclear-Plant


Media Ignores Fukushima Fire

Sunday, 08 May 2011 17:21 Kurt Nimmo

Image captures of video footage from the Fukushima nuclear plant appear to show a fire. According to Alexander Higgins and other bloggers, the Japanese shut down the webcam after the images below appeared on the internet. Lucas White Field Hixson posted the images last night, according to Higgins. There is also an animation of the images posted on YouTube.

Fukushima is now almost entirely off the corporate media radar screen. If the photos below are accurate, the situation at the plant is out of control and still emitting dangerous levels of radiation. There is no mention of the fire or a possible explosion at the plant by the corporate media.

See still shots and video of event here at site:

http://www.rebelnews.org/opinion/environment/827298-media-ignores-fukushima-fire