Tag Archives: cesium

Fukushima forests found to be radioactive via Al Jazeera English

Posted on 2013/03/11 by kojimaaiko

Link to the movie -> http://aje.me/16iy2mh   Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, forests that cover 70 percent of the Fukushima Prefecture have been found to contain high concentrations … Continue reading →

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Fish caught close to the Fukushima nuclear plant was 2,500 times over the legal safe radiation limit via The Independent

Posted on 2013/01/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The murasoi fish, which is comparable to a rockfish, was found in the area surrounding the now-closed power plant A murasoi fish, caught close the the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, is over 2,500 times the legal safe radiation limit … Continue reading →

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Media Silent on Fukushima Radiation Impact in US via OpEd News

Posted on 2013/01/10 by norma field

The massive media coverage following the initial disaster has fallen nearly silent. Some frustrated environmental advocates have suggested that there is a media blackout. Probably not, but media follow-up stories are few and far between these days. […] “As hair … Continue reading →

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The muddy issue of cesium in a lake via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/11/18 by norma field

Lake Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture is facing an environmental threat that has essentially turned it into a time bomb ticking away 60 km northeast of Tokyo. Experts warn that Japan’s second largest lake with a surface area of 220 sq. … Continue reading →

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Worries over highly radioactive fish prompt study via The Asahi

Posted on 2012/11/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] However, in August, two greenlings caught 20 kilometers north of the Fukushima plant were found to have cesium levels of 25,800 becquerels per kilogram, the highest level ever measured in fish since the nuclear accident. The government standard for … Continue reading →

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“Don’t be a chicken” says Mayor to parents concerned children are eating radioactive lunches — ” The pace of descending into deeper and deeper lunacy seems to be accelerating in Japan” via ENE News

Posted on 2012/09/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

More from the Tokyo Shinbun report on Sept 5, 2012, translated by EXSKF: Mayor Takao Abe said during the regular press conference on September 4 that it was important for children to learn that they were living in dangers, and … Continue reading →

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Record cesium level detected in fish around Fukushima nuclear plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/08/24 by norma field

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it detected a record-high 25,800 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in fish sampled within 20 km of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The figure is 258 times the level of cesium the … Continue reading →

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First study reports very low internal radioactivity after Fukushima disaster via Washington Post

Posted on 2012/08/21 by kojimaaiko

Japanese researchers have found very low amounts of radioactivity in the bodies of about 10,000 people who lived near the Fukushima Daiichi power plant when it melted down. The first published study that measured the radiation within a large number … Continue reading →

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High radiation detected in fish off Fukushima via NHK World

Posted on 2012/08/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says it has detected radiation 380 times the government safety limit in a fish caught off Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Company is measuring radiation exposure in fish and shellfish caught within … Continue reading →

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Cesium in those near No. 1 rated low, now via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/08/18 by norma field

WASHINGTON — Researchers have found very low amounts of radioactivity in the bodies of about 10,000 people who were living near the Fukushima No. 1 power plant when three of its reactors melted down. The first published study that measured … Continue reading →

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