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Sendai nuclear station has useless radiation tools installed for evacuation orders

Useless radiation tools installed for evacuations near Kagoshima plant  THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, 20 Mar 16, 

Nearly half of the radiation monitoring posts installed for issuing evacuation orders around the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture are actually useless for that purpose, The Asahi Shimbun has learned.

In the event of a nuclear accident, evacuation orders are issued immediately when airborne radiation levels reach 500 microsieverts per hour. But 22 of the 48 monitoring posts around the Sendai plant can only measure radiation levels up to 80 microsieverts per hour, according to a survey on the equipment……..http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201603140026

March 20, 2016 - Posted by | Japan, safety

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