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High radiation exposure level in Fukushima resident puzzles experts via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/11/20 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA–A Fukushima resident living well outside the no-entry zone set up after last year’s nuclear disaster was exposed to an unusually high level of radiation in the first four months after the crisis, prefectural officials said. The resident in the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima radiation in fish ‘100 times’ above normal via Hindustan Times

Posted on 2012/11/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Radiation levels in fish caught near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant are 100 times above normal, media reports said. Japan’s environment ministry carried out the tests in June-July this year in the Niida river to the north of the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Official radiation monitoring stations in Fukushima unreliable: Greenpeace

Posted on 2012/10/25 by norma field

More than 75% of the 40 government monitoring posts checked by Greenpeace in Fukushima City showed lower radiation levels than their immediate surroundings, with contamination levels within 25 metres of the posts up to six times higher than at the … Continue reading →

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Filmmaker Wenders visits Fukushima via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/10/28 by norma field

FUKUSHIMA — German movie director Wim Wenders, visiting Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, said nuclear power generation is the only invention that may destroy the future of human beings. The 66-year-old filmmaker met Thursday with Iitate residents still living in the village … Continue reading →

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