Mainichi: Almost 20,000 becquerels of cesium detected inside Fukushima man — “This is not a level that would affect health” — Equals less than 1 millisievert per year?

http://enenews.com/mainichi-20000-becquerels-of-cesium-detected-inside-fukushima-man-this-is-not-a-level-that-would-affect-their-health-said-to-equal-less-than-1-millisievert-per-year

“….Doctor Masaharu Tsubokura, who tested the men, commented, “This is not a level that would affect their health, but when people consume homegrown vegetables and other such products we would like them to undergo tests.

The men live in the town of Kawamata and the city of Nihonmatsu, respectively…..”

Residents living near doomed reactor showed relatively low radiation exposure, study found

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

“….Most exposures likely happened with a week of the meltdown, Tsubokura said, when residents of Minamisoma inhaled airborne cesium….”

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_128241.html

and here is the measure of the cesium levels

Published on Mar 13, 2012 by criirad

This video shows radiation levels on May 29th 2011, in Fukushima city (Japan) about 60-65 km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.
Measurements are made by a CRIIRAD scientist (Bruno. Chareyron, engineer in nuclear physics) during a meeting between CRIIRAD andJapanese citizens : M. Wataru Iwata (co-founder of Project 47 and CRMS) and persons in charge of the network “Fukushima Network for Saving Children from Radiation”, including M. Nagate (ex-representative), Mrs Marumori (now Executive Director of CRMS) and Mrs Sato. CRIIRAD is sharing its experience of independent radiation monitoring with the Fukushima citizens.
In this video, CRIIRAD researcher is using a gamma radiation detector (DG5 scintillometer) to show the intensity of radiation rates, even inside the office at floor level. Radiation rates are given in counts per second (c/s). With this device, normal values should be about 50 to 150 c/s depending on natural radiation.
The powerful gamma radiations emitted by radioactive caesium deposited on the ground of the parking located in front of the building give a radiation rate about 10 times above normal values inside the building (at the centre of the office), and 15 times above near the window. This radiation will decrease only very slowly. After one year, the decrease should be about 23 % only.
Additional info : look at http://www.criirad.org

video showing HIGH counts per second

guide

1000 cps = 60,000 counts per minute

Masaharu Tsubokura san is NOT telling the truth with his last staement above?? in the first week there were much worse isotopes than the Cesiums

August 23, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized

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