nuclear-news

The News That Matters about the Nuclear Industry Fukushima Chernobyl Mayak Three Mile Island Atomic Testing Radiation Isotope

Growing anxiety of Tokyo residents about nuclear radiation

Radiation leaking from Fukushima power plant should be monitored more closely Mainichi Daily News 10 June Residents of the Tokyo metropolitan area are becoming increasingly concerned about levels of radiation spreading to their neighborhoods from the tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. There are some areas called “hot spots,” where high levels of radiation have been detected even though they are far away from the crippled nuclear plant. When radioactive substances leak from a nuclear facility as a result of an accident and spread through the sky, they fall on some limited areas depending on geographical features, wind direction and rain, resulting in high concentration of radiation in these areas……

 Municipal governments in Matsudo and five other cities in northwestern Chiba Prefecture requested the prefectural government to monitor radiation levels and release the results on the grounds that some data shows comparatively high levels of radiation in the area. The prefectural authorities complied, and conducted measurements of radiation levels in these cities.

The six municipal governments are urging the prefectural government to continue to regularly monitor radiation dosages in these areas, and to have the data examined by a working group that includes experts.

In Chiba Prefecture, high levels of radioactive substances in excess of the legal limits have been detected in spinach and some other locally grown vegetables.

A private organization that monitored radiation levels in Tokyo detected higher amounts of radiation than Tokyo Metropolitan Government official data. Residents of the 23 wards in central Tokyo and cities in the Musashino district in western Tokyo have voiced concerns about their exposure to radiation, prompting many of these municipalities to launch or plan measurements of radiation levels. Similar moves are spreading in neighboring Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures……http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/editorial/news/20110609p2a00m0na001000c.html

June 10, 2011 - Posted by | - Fukushima 2011

No comments yet.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

« Previous | Next »