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Residents unhappy with inadequate radiation decontamination in city of Date, Fukushima

伊達市- みんなの声 Voices of the Residents in Date, Fukushima, Evacuate Fukushima,  Jul 13, 2015Nelson Surjo 子どもの未来を守る会inだて kodomonomiraiwomamorukai by Kurumi Sugita Nos Voisins Lointains 311

The City of Date has divided its territory into three zones to program decontamination work: Zone A where the measurement of ambient radioactivity exceeds 20 mSv/yr, the area adjacent to the B zone A and zone C where radioactivity does not exceed 5 mSv/yr.

In zone C, instead of decontaminating entire areas, the municipality only cleans hot spots that exceed 3μSv/h measured at 1cm off the ground. For example, if a measurement exceeds this limit on a rooftop, it won’t be decontaminated.

During the election campaign of January 2014, the incumbent Mayor Shôji NISHIDA promised to work on decontaminating the entire specified C areas. However, since his re-election, he did not fulfill his promise.

Frustrated by the lack of response from the mayor on their repeated requests for him to fulfill his promise, some residents of Date city gathered to found the “Association to Protect the Future of Children in the Date city” (Kodomo no Mirai wo kai mamoru in Date).  They began installing flags and signs across town, calling for effective decontamination work. The association brings together their voices and publish on their website and Facebook page.

The following is a sample of these voices trying to pierce the ongoing deafening silence.

みんなの声 Voices of the Residents……….  http://www.evacuate-fukushima.com/2015/07/voices-residents-date-fukushima/

July 15, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2015