15-06-2011, 03:37 AM
Japanese Schools Asked to Map Fallout Contamination
June 14th, 2011
Via: Reuters: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/radiation-hotsp...19551.html
Fukushima is estimated to have released just 15 percent of the radiation at Chernobyl, but a complicated software modeling system created by the government to predict where the radiation would drift proved useless.
Under pressure to provide a more accurate picture of the contamination, the Ministry of Education has promised to complete a detailed survey of the evacuated area by October.
Since last week, local governments have been enlisted to provide daily reports of radiation.
More than 1,000 public schools in Fukushima were equipped with dosimeters in late May and teachers were asked to record hourly radiation readings to help create a contamination map.
But some experts say even these added steps are far from enough. "We need a new and more comprehensive system for monitoring radiation," said Takumi Gotoh, a Nagoya-based cancer specialist. "The system that exists now is not sufficient."
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Fukushima: 34,000 Children to Wear Radiation Dosimeters Around the Clock for Three Months
June 14th, 2011
This is a giant, open air radiation experiment. Human subjects, in vivo, in situ.
Government issued dosimeters? Oh sure. I wonder what will happen to the data…
Via: AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/art...144943.4e1
Japan's Fukushima city said on Tuesday it would hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away.
The city will hand the measuring devices to all children aged between four and 15 for three months from September so that they can wear them around the clock, an official at the city's education board told AFP.
The city is outside the government's 20-kilometre (12-mile) evacuation and no-go zone around the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, but many residents are concerned about radiation, he said.
"There have been fixed-spot radiation measurements but parents and citizens are concerned about individual exposure," said the official.
"We also believe the distribution of dosimeters will help ease parents' worries if they confirm their children's exposure does not pose health risks."
He added that radiation in the city had been below the official threshold for health risks, and said the children's dosimeters would be read out once a month to assess cumulative radiation exposure.
Posted in Atrocities, Collapse, Energy, Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Perception Management
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June 14th, 2011
Via: Reuters: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/radiation-hotsp...19551.html
Fukushima is estimated to have released just 15 percent of the radiation at Chernobyl, but a complicated software modeling system created by the government to predict where the radiation would drift proved useless.
Under pressure to provide a more accurate picture of the contamination, the Ministry of Education has promised to complete a detailed survey of the evacuated area by October.
Since last week, local governments have been enlisted to provide daily reports of radiation.
More than 1,000 public schools in Fukushima were equipped with dosimeters in late May and teachers were asked to record hourly radiation readings to help create a contamination map.
But some experts say even these added steps are far from enough. "We need a new and more comprehensive system for monitoring radiation," said Takumi Gotoh, a Nagoya-based cancer specialist. "The system that exists now is not sufficient."
Posted in Atrocities, Collapse, Energy, Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Perception Management
http://cryptogon.com/?p=22983
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Fukushima: 34,000 Children to Wear Radiation Dosimeters Around the Clock for Three Months
June 14th, 2011
This is a giant, open air radiation experiment. Human subjects, in vivo, in situ.
Government issued dosimeters? Oh sure. I wonder what will happen to the data…
Via: AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/art...144943.4e1
Japan's Fukushima city said on Tuesday it would hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away.
The city will hand the measuring devices to all children aged between four and 15 for three months from September so that they can wear them around the clock, an official at the city's education board told AFP.
The city is outside the government's 20-kilometre (12-mile) evacuation and no-go zone around the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, but many residents are concerned about radiation, he said.
"There have been fixed-spot radiation measurements but parents and citizens are concerned about individual exposure," said the official.
"We also believe the distribution of dosimeters will help ease parents' worries if they confirm their children's exposure does not pose health risks."
He added that radiation in the city had been below the official threshold for health risks, and said the children's dosimeters would be read out once a month to assess cumulative radiation exposure.
Posted in Atrocities, Collapse, Energy, Environment, Health, Infrastructure, Perception Management
http://cryptogon.com/?p=22985
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