Disaster Panel Doubts TEPCO’s Claim “The Tsunami Did It”
Members of the government disaster panel are expressing doubts about TEPCO’s claim that the tsunami was the sole cause of
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Members of the government disaster panel are expressing doubts about TEPCO’s claim that the tsunami was the sole cause of
Read moreThis photo of the radium bottle found at a Setagaya grocery store was released today. Officials claim that the area
Read moreCrowd sourced information has been key to our knowledge and understanding of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. It is again proving
Read moreThis has been going around various websites concerning the probability of another 9.0 quake. Hokkiado University experts are saying a
Read moreA grouping of hot spots were found earlier this week in Ginza, Tokyo. “An elementary school located in Ginza, Chuo-ku,
Read moreTEPCO has released their emergency manuals and NISA opted to make them available to the public. They are not available
Read moreSoil testing results have found very high levels of Cesium in the hot spot recently found in Kashiwa. The high
Read moreMEXT has created an interesting interactive radiation map. It allows you to look at various regions using different types of
Read moreMEXT radiation testing found Okuma town, 3km from Fukushima Daiichi is still extremely high at 503.1 mSv annual accumulation. The
Read morePeople in Japan continue to try to effectively deal with the challenges left from the ongoing disaster at Fukushima Daiichi.
Read moreThe ongoing aerial radiation survey has shown radiation in Niigata and Akita prefectures. Experts are trying to determine if the mountainous
Read moreIn late March and early April NISA had JNES secretly do calculations on a full melt through scenario at Fukushima.
Read moreMore Stronium 90 has been found in Yokohama 250km from Fukushima Daiichi. A gutter in Yokohama was found to have
Read moreThe Fukushima disaster caused an even more intense spotlight on the problems in the Japanese political system. The public has
Read more195 bq/kg of Stronium 90 was found on an apartment rooftop in Yokohama. The same sample tested extremely high for
Read moreThese are the bottles that caused all the trouble in Tokyo. “According to Setagaya-ku and the Ministry of Education and
Read moreUpdate: More information on the bottles (or jars) from NHK. It is still not totally clear what they are. If
Read moreFarmers groups in Fukushima have set a much higher standard for rice contamination than the national government. Rice with any
Read moreA Shizuoka tea farm is promoting their tea as “safe”, it has 174 bq/kg of cesium 137. It is under
Read moreA Setagaya Ward (Tokyo) sidewalk was closed due to high radiation. Local officials were informed by residents of the hot
Read moreFor about $13.00 per test people concerned about their food can test it themselves. A software firm owner has opened
Read moreWe have been cataloging and gathering a collection of useful nuclear information. Papers on radiation exposure, information on other nuclear
Read moreWe have another issue of Strahlentelex available (thanks to Peter Melzer for scanning the document). This one is the December
Read moreStronium 90 and Plutonium 238 & 239 have been found around the region of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Some of
Read moreThis rather mundane looking letter from 2000 talks about a number of concerns going on with the IAEA at that
Read moreRadiation testing results have been coming in from many sources. We have gathered those found here for comparison. UPDATE: TEPCO
Read moreOn September 29th the now rather famous finger pointing guy showed up at a TEPCO press conference to confront TEPCO.
Read morePost Chernobyl people in Germany found themselves getting insufficient information from their government on radiation and food contamination. Strahlentelex is
Read moreFrontal 21 has another expose on Fukushima Daiichi. They have spoken to workers who explained even more dangerous work conditions
Read moreAn independent investigation of power companies and the regulatory agency NISA found a total of 7 situations where nuclear support
Read moreThe Ministry of Education and Science has admitted they found plutonium up to 45km away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
Read moreAnother quake has happened in the vicinity of the damaged nuclear plant. This one is just south of J-Village and
Read moreThe ministry in charge of the Jcast radiation data has stated that their initial readings in July and June were
Read moreThe new panel in charge of establishing Japan’s future energy policy has had two anti-nuclear experts added by Minister Edano.
Read moreResidents in Minamisoma have created their own radiation monitoring system that is considerably more accurate than the government testing. The
Read moreA US Expat happened to check the seat in a Tokyo area train and found it to be quite high.
Read moreThe BBC recently aired this segment on Horizon (science programme) that was quite shocking in some of the outrageous claims it
Read moreOfficials from the science ministry are now saying that another cloud of radiation flowed south of the plant. It has
Read moreA citizen found these extremely high levels of radiation on the roof of his apartment building. After finding high air
Read moreGreenpeace has issued a report on their independent seafood testing around Fukushima. The testing dates from late August 2011. They
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