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Japan:High cesium levels detected as far away as Gunma Prefecture
Asahi Shimbun ^
| 09/29/11
| HISAE SATO
Posted on 09/29/2011 4:58:47 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
High cesium levels detected as far away as Gunma Prefecture
BY HISAE SATO STAFF WRITER
2011/09/29
Radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has spread more than 250 kilometers toward the southwest, reaching as far as Gunma Prefecture, the science ministry said.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has been measuring contamination levels in each prefecture in eastern Japan, including Gunma Prefecture from Aug. 23 to Sept. 8 using prefectural government helicopters.
According to the measurements released Sept. 27, most of the radioactive cesium first spread about 60 km northwest from the Fukushima nuclear plant, then changed course and spread to Tochigi Prefecture and further to Gunma Prefecture.
A plume of radioactive materials was carried by winds along the mountain range and then fell to the ground, according to ministry officials.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cesium; fukushima; gunma; radiation
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posted on
09/29/2011 4:59:37 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
From the article...
The radioactive accumulation reached a range between 100,000 and 300,000 becquerels per square meter in a mountainous area encompassing the cities of Midori and Kiryu in the eastern part of the prefecture, about 180 km from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Even in areas in the western part of the prefecture, which are located about 250 km from the Fukushima plant and border Nagano Prefecture, the accumulated radioactivity exceeded 30,000 becquerels.
In the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear accident in Chernobyl, areas where radioactivity levels exceeded 37,000 becquerels were designated as contamination zones.
Not instant death, but the cleanup of an area 250km radius is going to be an economy killer. Oddly I don't see many of the guys claiming that this was all hype and would be over in a couple of days any more.
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posted on
09/29/2011 5:56:28 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: GonzoGOP
Relatively low if it is taken into account that the human body is exposed to between 800 and 4,000 becquerels just from potassium-40.
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posted on
09/29/2011 11:10:48 AM PDT
by
J Aguilar
(Fiat Justitia et ruat coelum)
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