Gutter Sediment From Tokyo Shows Concerning Amount of Americium 241
Many places online were reporting on the high levels of cesium found in gutter sediment from Tokyo. The author of
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US Calls For Global Nuclear Liability Plan
In a letter to the IAEA from US Ambassador to the IAEA Glyn Davies, a request was made that there
Read moreEdano As METI Minister May Force Change
Edano’s new role as head of METI could drastically shake up the office tasked with both regulating nuclear power companies
Read moreHigh Levels Of Contamination Found Outside Evacuation Zone
MEXT has released more contamination level data that shows considerably high levels outside the 20km evacuation zone, mostly concentrated in a
Read moreLarge Amount Of Plutonium In Date City 60km From Fukushima Daiichi
SPA Magazine has now uncovered that “several thousand” becquerels of neptunium-239 was found in Date City. neptunium-239 evolves into plutonium-239
Read moreTEPCO Continues To Thumb Nose At Japanese Government
The House of Representatives special science committee and NISA have requested four times that TEPCO submit copies of their emergency
Read moreNew Citizen Radiation Readings East of Tokyo
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Read moreIncreases In Cesium In Urine From Fukushima
Children in the Fukushima region were tested initially in May and more recently in late July. This testing is independent
Read moreIdled Nuclear Reactors, Safety And Japan Politics.
Reuters has published a Japan nuclear plant status table showing what plants are shut down for planned or unplanned outages.
Read moreHigh Levels Of Radioactive Waste Being Allowed In Landfills In Japan
The environment minister Hosono has raised the limit on radioactive waste allowed in landfills from 8000 bq to 100,000 bq.
Read moreAnother Radiation Model Shows US & Canada Received Significant Fallout
University of Kyushu has published a paper and their model of radiation fallout from Fukushima Daiichi. This model shows the
Read moreExtremely Radioactive Mushrooms Found In Fukushima
Wild mushrooms with 28,000 bq/kg of radiation were found by the Citizen Radiation Measuring Station in Fukushima. Considering the already
Read moreCitizen Food Testing Laboratory To Open In Chiba In October
The “Becquerel Center” opens in October in Chiba, near Tokyo. Their detecting equipment from Germany can test for cesium and
Read moreCitizen Created Radiation Map Of Tokyo
People in the Tokyo area have compiled their radiation readings into a crowd sourced Google Map. The map has detailed
Read moreFukushima As History; Nothing Is Ever Really Gone From The Internet
The Spectrum IEEE website caused quite a stir when they rescued the blog of a Fukushima worker that was mysteriously
Read moreJapan Nuclear Reactor Stress Tests Status
Reuters has a detailed list of nuclear reactors and their stress test status. So far only a few are planning
Read moreMEXT Radiation Testing Results For September 1st
MEXT has new radiation testing results out. They tested drinking water and various monitoring posts for radiation. All of their
Read moreJapan Ministry of Health Food & Water Testing Results
New government food and water testing results are out. Some contamination found included wheat in Hokkaido, raw milk in Miyagi
Read moreChiba Clears Rice For Shipment
Rice testing in Chiba showed two locations (out of 319 sampled) that showed 46-47 becquerels/kg in the rice tested. All
Read more34 Locations Higher Than Chernobyl Evacuation Level
34 locations had radiation higher than the evacuation level used at Chernobyl. Two were outside the 20km evacuation zone and
Read moreCRIIRAD Gives Workshop To Train Citizens In Radiation Testing
French NGO CRIIRAD presented a workshop in Yokohama to show interested citizens how to test food for radiation contamination. Children
Read moreJapan Nuclear Disaster Models From 2002
A Japan Atomic Energy Institute paper from 2002 recently surfaced online. This paper was the technical estimations of what would
Read moreSafecast drive into Fukushima
Safecast is the citizen group that has been taking readings all over the region near Fukushima Daiichi. They arm citizen
Read moreYahoo Adds Radiation Monitor Network in Japan
Keio University and Yahoo Japan have teamed up to create a live radiation reading network. The network is primarily in
Read moreNISA Colluded With Seven Power Companies To Influence Public
The official count so far has risen to seven power companies that NISA colluded with to fake public support for dangerous
Read moreVideo: Creating A Contamination Map In Japan
The excellent NHK documentary follows a radiation scientist as he tracks the fallout around Japan from Fukushima Daiichi. Kimora worked
Read moreBuilding A Citizen Testing System In Japan
What is currently happening in Japan may sound familiar to many in Germany. After Chernobyl exploded, governments were intent on
Read moreHigh Cesium Found In Soil In Kashiwa Near Tokyo
Member Asuperdry, took matters to hand and had local soil from Kashiwa tested. 23,663 bq/kg cesium 134 was found and
Read moreIAEA releases documents on Fukushima Daiichi
IAEA releases documents on Fukushima Daiichi. Detailed documentation has finally been released on Fukushima Daiichi. This article would not be
Read moreJoint US & Japanese Study Shows Radiation Releases Doubled Estimates
A joint survey by the US Dept. of Energy and Japan’s METI showed that the radioactive releases from Fukushima were
Read moreJapan Geigermap : At-a-glance
This map visualises crowd-sourced radiation geiger counter readings from across Japan. Click on the circles to get more information on
Read moreIAEA to survey radioactive contamination in sea
The IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog agency, is to survey the long-term effects of the spillage of radioactive water from
Read moreWSPEEDI Shows Tokyo Under Radioactive Plume on March 15
Japanese blog Ex-SKF continues to do great work on the Fukushima crisis. Being researched and written by a Japanese source
Read moreTEPCO Historical Plant Data March 11 to May 17
TEPCO HISTORIC DATA – Daiichi plant statistics March 11 to May 17 Group contributor Hudebnik found these on TEPCO’s website.
Read moreUseful Nuclear Acronyms
Acronyms with definitions. Some useful terminology to understand technical reports. BWR – Boiling Water Reactor CV – Containment Vessel This
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