Call to widen evacuation area around Fukushima

Hi! I'm a civilian living in Kyoto, Japan. Thank you for your investigations.
The Japanese government is eager to play down the impact of the nu...

Hi! I'm a civilian living in Kyoto, Japan. Thank you for your investigations.
The Japanese government is eager to play down the impact of the nuclear accident. The most dangerous tactics is to raise the acceptable level of the radiation dose.
As for foods, it is now 50 mSV/year for radioactive iodine, and 5 mSv/year for cesium. The Japanese government is now trying to raise the latter from 5 mSv/year to 10 mSv/year. That is quite absurd!
Before the accident, the acceptance level for nuclear plant workers is 50 mSv/year. The new acceptance level for food is far beyond it. Now all Japanese can be exposed to the more dangerous situations than the nuclear plant workers.
As most Japanese are braisnwashed by the Japanese government and mass medeia, I wish you, the Greenpeace, spread this information to the world and inform Japanese the danger of such standars! We, Japanese, can't improve the situations by ourselves.

I'm concerned that the radioactively contaminated water has made it's way into water tables under the plant. For radioactive water to have entered the...

I'm concerned that the radioactively contaminated water has made it's way into water tables under the plant. For radioactive water to have entered the ocean a mile away from the plant, it almost has to be carried by underground waterways. Also, news reports say that "several" buildings at Fukushima have had their basements flooded with contaminated water, even though they are not connected to the reactor buildings.

It may make sense to test the underground water tables around the plant. Separately, I too would like to see marine life near the plant, and in ocean currents "downstream" from the plant, tested.

Are there any plans to take sea water probes?
I think this should be considered high priority since until today most of the radiation has gone i...

Are there any plans to take sea water probes?
I think this should be considered high priority since until today most of the radiation has gone into the pacific ocean [1]. And especially now that they seem to pump the radioactive water out of the turbine hall it is possible, that this water will flow into the ocean.

[1] http://www.zamg.ac.at/docs/aktuell/Japan2011-03-25_1600_E_2.pdf

Could you please release all the measurement results like 100uS/h in ricefield in a press release or something I can refer to on Wikipedia?

Could you please release all the measurement results like 100uS/h in ricefield in a press release or something I can refer to on Wikipedia?

Background: I am currently working on publishing the Greenpeace results in german Wikipedia article on Fukushima. Until now I could only publish 7-10uS result from your "Evacuation press release" because other results are only published as blog entry and not suitable for wikipedia.

PS: Just donated $40 and hope this money can be used for your independent measurements.

What's going on with the measurements?

Since two days we only received three or four results, thats very little information.

What's going on with the measurements?

Since two days we only received three or four results, thats very little information.

Also two of my (pro Greenpeace) posts from a couple of hours ago have not yet been published here yet.

hallo. i cant under stand why nobody press japan to make quick a beton sarkophag to fix all the problems. now the ozean is radioactive.we must stop th...

hallo. i cant under stand why nobody press japan to make quick a beton sarkophag to fix all the problems. now the ozean is radioactive.we must stop this chaos now.

Based on a dose rate of 10mSv/h, and the maximum annual dose for nuclear plant worker in Japan was 100mSv (since increased to 250mSv/year), the allowa...

Based on a dose rate of 10mSv/h, and the maximum annual dose for nuclear plant worker in Japan was 100mSv (since increased to 250mSv/year), the allowable yearly dose will be reached in 416 2/3 days. This article tries to equate "the maximum allowed annual dose of radiation in only a few days" being equal to over 416 days. I agree the situation in Japan is serious, but confusing and alarming the public should not be based on a poor understanding of math.

I wander if you can go later to Niigata City on the left side of Fukushima.
Niigata state is one of the biggest rice producers of Japan and ther...

I wander if you can go later to Niigata City on the left side of Fukushima.
Niigata state is one of the biggest rice producers of Japan and there are no news about radioactivity there.
My wife and baby are in Niigata because local news said still safe, but I want my wife to move south! and she want proves...
Foreigner community in Niigata is very small and you won't find regular people posting geiger counts.
If the radiation went to Niigata that will be a big national problem that will go deep into the japanese culture and proud because they have the must famous rice "Koshihikari" and I don't think the government will say anything about it.

The average dose/year is 3 mSv, not 1 mSv. So 10 µSv/hour exposes a person to the average yearly dose in 12 days IF you stay outside all day. By staying indoors you avoid 75-90% of the radiation.

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/safety/index.cfm?pg=sfty_xray#part3

This says it all, the 20 km evacuation zone and the the 30 km stay indoors zone are the right measures to be taken and a further evacuation is completely unnecessary.

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