Fukushima and Miyagi “less than one bequerel campaign for children” gets underway!
MIRMC Report 21 宮城県白石温麺（ウーメン）ベクレル調査
The less than one bequerel campaign has released a video as evidence of their work..
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guardianofmiyagi
Published on 25 Apr 2013
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The US and Japan are trying to raise acceptable radiation exposure limits – Gundersen and Caldicott interview
24 April 2012
The US and Japan are trying to raise acceptable radiation exposure limits. “If you can’t decrease the water level, you elevate the bridge,” says paediatrician and author Dr. Helen Caldicott. On today’s podcast, 
Arnie and Helen discuss the associated health risks of various types of radioactive releases, how regulators and the nuclear industry are downplaying those releases, and the current state of the Fukushima clean up. “The recovery of the site will go nowhere as long as Tokyo Electric is in charge,” says Arnie.
Audio on link 30 minutes
Shunichi Yamashita’s 311 Speech at the NCRP Meeting
….Dr. Yamashita advised the children could play outside as much as they wanted because it was safe while ionising radiation level was still very high. He initiated unnecessary exposure to lots of citizens including children…..
……One of my acquaintances evacuated to Mie prefecture, where I live, from Fukushima prefecture. She was telling me that she witnessed that 5 out of 7 pregnant women in the hospital she was working, experienced abortion, because of their babies were deformed and had Down’s syndrome…..
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Published by Mia June
(Source) http://fukushimavoice-eng.blogspot.co.uk/
Shunichi Yamashita was in the United States on March 11, 2013, giving a keynote address at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. http://www.ncrponline.org/
The original English transcript is published below for those interested in knowing what Prof. Yamashita said. The image of each slide is followed by what he said about it.
Video for Prof. Yamashita’s lecture at the March 11 NCRP annual meeting:
http://echo.colostate.edu:8080/ess/echo/presentation/d6ddb666-85bd-48a3-8d83-a691910906be
PowerPoint slides:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3fFCVXEJlbvWmJRTlZXSTJhS28/edit
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(Editor’s Comment)
“Slide 28: Japanese government immediately ordered the evacuation and sheltering. According to this slide, March 11, March 12, March 15, going to 3km, then 10km, from 10km to 20km even though they didnt want to, so the limit was set to 20 km.
Between 20-30 km where indoor, house evacuated was recommended on March 15. Then we received a massive fallout ejection from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.
Slide 30: This nuclear reactor accident is not a horrific disaster. It’s just an industrial crisis with environmental damages. The government ordered evacuation and sheltering worked sufficiently. Therefore the dose exposed for the population were dramatically decreased after evacuations.“
Evacuation of the residents living within 10km radius of the crippled plant wasn’t finished before the 1st explosion at 3:36pm.
About 300 residents were left still in Futaba-machi according to ex Futaba Mayor Idogawa who was helping the residents to evacuate from the town at the time of the 1st explosion at reactor 1.
Furthermore the recent reports revealed that a very high dose of ionising radiation was measured before the evacuation on 12th of March 2011: 1570uSv/h measured at Kamihatori-ku, Futaba-machi, 5.6 km from the crippled nuclear plant at 3pm.
567uSv/h-625uSv/h was measured within a 5-km radius of the Daiichi Nuclear Plant soon after the accident. Even hours before venting in the morning, they said that a high dose of ionising radiation had spread to residential areas.
(Refererence)
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130222p2a00m0na009000c.html
http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/it-was-in-fact-well-over-100msvy.html
It was in the afternoon on 15/3/11 that all the residents from local homes and hospitals were evacuated out of the 20km area radius of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, although an evacuation order was announced at 6.25pm on 12/3/11.
After the explosions, lots of citizens (adults and children) queued up outside for a long time to get water, being exposed to ionising radiation.
Dr. Yamashita advised the children could play outside as much as they wanted because it was safe while ionising radiation level was still very high. He initiated unnecessary exposure to lots of citizens, including children.
“Slide 66: And even pregnant women are very much concerned. But very fortunately, in Japan, there are neither any increase of miscarriage nor artificial abortions. It’s very good news. There is no obvious increased prevalence rate of congenital malformations. So we need to announce and explain this data.”
In Japan all pregnant women receive an ultrasound exam to check if the baby is normal or not. If they find it’s abnormal, it’s usually suggested that they have an abortion, which is acceptable under the Eugenic Protection Act (which went into effect in 1948, three years after the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs, then changed its name to the Maternal Protection act in 1996), and the numbers of deformed unborn babies have never been made public, which is very convenient for those who support nuclear power.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%8D%E4%BD%93%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%B7%E6%B3%95
Here is some reports on miscarries on Japanese blogs….
Radiation of Chernobyl blast discovered in Sri Lankan soil
“If an accident takes place in the Kundankulam Nuclear plant it will directly effect the public within a 50 Kilometre radius. The public will NOT be evacuated in such an instance.The closest nuclear plant to Sri Lanka is 220 Kilometres, the further the distance the less the impact but if an accident did take place, radioactive material can settle down in the soil in Sri Lanka but this would be in minimal quantities and the risk would be minimal“
A sample test carried out by the Sri Lankan Atomic Energy Authority has found some acute radioactive particles which were released by the Chernobyl nuclear explosion of Ukraine in Sri Lankan soil.
Belarus – Persistent violations of UN articles regarding Chernobyl nuclear disaster children
Children’s health continues to suffer from the effects of Chernobyl
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Concluding Observations, January 2011)
While noting that the State party has made significant rehabilitation efforts in the areas affected by the Chernobyl disaster, the Committee reiterates its concern regarding the persisting negative consequences of the Chernobyl disaster on the health of children, in particular at the incidence of thyroid cancer among children in affected areas, related to iodine deficiency. (…iodine deficiency…. caused by Chernobyl???? Arclight2011)
The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party continue to improve the specialised health care provided to children affected by the Chernobyl disaster, and strengthen its efforts at early detection and prevention of diseases related to nuclear contamination. (Paragraphs 57 & 58)
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Concluding Observations, December 1996)
The Committee expresses concern that some 600,000 children still live in the zone affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. (Paragraph 15)
Full list of issues that need to be resolved in Belarus here…
http://wiki.crin.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Belarus#cite_note-4
Kharkiv Center of Cardiac Surgery
Please click on the link to find out more about the works of these surgeons and nurses who work for free to help the children of Belarus, Russia and the Ukraine (amongst other places)
LONDON POLLUTION LEVELS BREACH EU LIMITS -And radioactive too!
MORE than six per cent of all adult deaths in Havering are attributable to air pollution, according to data by government body Public Health England.
Official figures reveal toxic gases in some areas of the borough almost 60 per cent higher than the legal limit.
Havering Council’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday to set about improving air quality amid fears over public safety and potential fines imposed by the EU.
A report presented to councillors on the night, jointly written by the council’s traffic manager, Emma Cockburn and health protection officer, Louise Watkinson, read: “London has some of the worst levels of air pollution of any UK or European city, and air quality is a very significant issue for Londoners’ health.
“A recent study commissioned by the Mayor estimated that more than 4,000 extra deaths each year in London are attributable to one kind of pollutant, microscopic airborne particles. Another study estimates that the man-made majority of these particles are responsible for a proportion of all deaths in London boroughs ranging from around six per cent in the least polluted outer suburbs to more than eight per cent in the most polluted boroughs of inner London.”
Councillors agreed to bid for up to £400,000 of funding for projects to improve air quality in Havering in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16, and uncapped funding for crossboundary projects in the same time period.
Latest air monitoring revealed that two of Havering’s four monitoring stations registered annual mean levels of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) above the legal limit in the most recently available figures, published in 2012.
According to EU law, any reading of more than 40 micrograms of NO2 per cubic metre of air is dangerous and becomes illegal. The highest readings were picked up by a monitoring station in Mercury Gardens, which produced an annual mean total of 64.5 micrograms – more than 60 per cent higher than what is legally considered to be dangerous. Throughout the year, readings at the station reached almost three times the legal limit.
NO2 is toxic by inhalation. Consistent exposure to levels above 40 micrograms can reduce lung function and cause respiratory illness.
Officials trying to stop nuclear material from spreading after collapse at Chernobyl — Will be covered with ‘special resin’
http://enenews.com/officials-trying-to-stop-nuclear-material-from-spreading-after-chernobyl-roof-collapse-will-be-covered-with-special-resin
Published: April 23rd, 2013 at 10:32 am ET
By ENENews
Title: Ukraine to cover collapsed Chernobyl roof with special resin
Source: Xinhua
Author: Thomas Whittle
Date: April 24, 2013
Ukraine will cover the collapsed roof of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with special resin to prevent the spread of radioactive dust, a senior nuclear safety official said here Tuesday.
“As soon as the weather permits, we will cover the equipment under the caved-in parts of the roof with special resin,” Mikhail Gashev, Ukraine’s chief inspector of nuclear and radiation safety, told reporters. […]
About 600 square meters of the roof at Chernobyl […] collapsed in mid-February. Authorities said at the time that the collapse posed no threat to human health.
See also: Chernobyl workers evacuated from site — Roof collapse was 50 meters from reactor’s sarcophagus — Soundness inspection underway (PHOTOS)
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[Contaminated water coming down to the sea?]Chloride concentration increased 270% of 2 weeks ago in observation holes
Posted by Mochizuki on April 23rd, 2013
About the major leakage of highly contaminated water, the chloride concentration is observed to be increasing in the observation holes.
![[Leakage]Chloride concentration increased 270% of 2 weeks ago in observation holes](https://i0.wp.com/fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-04-23-12.13.51%EF%BC%89-450x275.png "[Leakage]Chloride concentration increased 270% of 2 weeks ago in observation holes")
Tepco is conducting the radiation test of ground water in the downstream of the leaking reservoirs. (Between the reservoirs and the sea.)
The leaking water contains high level of β nuclide and chloride. If they detect it on the downstream of the reservoirs, it means the contaminated water is penetrating underground.
They tested on 4/10 and 4/22/2013. Though total β nuclide is lower than the detectable level, the chloride concentration significantly increased in 3 of 7 holes.
(4/10 → 4/22)
Well (hole) 1 : 40 → 46 ppm
Well 2 : 16 → 43 ppm
Well 3 : 65 → 99 ppm
On 4/15/2013, Fukushima Diary reported the chloride concentration was high in those observations holes, but now it’s becoming higher.
(cf, [Underground contamination?] High level of chloride concentration detected between the leaking reservoirs and sea [URL 1])
Actually these holes were made as “Underground bypass pumping well”. It was to pump up the groundwater before flowing into the plant. The pumped water is to be discharged to the sea without purification. Detecting radiation from these wells would collapse their water reducing plan.
(cf, The leaking highly contaminated water may collapse Tepco’s countermeasure for ground water [URL 2])
Please consider donating to Iori as he has had to relocate and has been under a great deal of pressure.. Yet he still kept Fukushima Diary going.. He has broken some great and important stories from Japan and has helped the blogging journalist wanabees like myself help gain information from a country that is under strict censorship! Thanks for your consideration Arclight2011
Study: Fukushima fallout spiked year after 3/11
http://enenews.com/study-fukushima-fallout-spiked-a-year-after-311
Published: April 23rd, 2013 at 1:34 pm ET
By ENENews
Title: Temporal variation of monthly 137Cs deposition observed in Japan: Effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident
Source: Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Author: Katsumi Hirose
Date: March 26, 2013
Abstract
Monthly 137Cs depositions from March 2011 to April 2012 were reported at monitoring stations within about 250 km from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP. The monthly 137Cs deposition at each station decreased with apparent half-lives of 11–14 d during the period from March to June 2011, and after July 2011 its decrease rates changed. Second peaks of the monthly 137Cs deposition occurred in February–April 2012, which may be supported by resuspension of 137Cs bearing particles. […]
Figure 2
Temporal variations of the monthly 137Cs deposition in the monitoring stations. A open circle: Futaba, and closed circle: Fukushima City. […]
Dividing communities as well as atoms
ABC Environment 23 Apr 2013
Uranium mining may be attractive to those seeking to boost state coffers, but it leaves the land poisoned and communities divided.
COMMUNITIES IN REGIONAL Queensland are increasingly concerned about Premier Campbell Newman’s decision to open the Sunshine State to uranium mining — and with good reason.
The decision was made behind closed doors in response to pressure from industry lobby groups and — by the Premier’s own admission — without reference to independent economic analysis or advice.
The decision also broke a promise. In a letter to the Australian Conservation Foundation dated 11 October 2012 Premier Newman stated: “I take this opportunity to reaffirm my statements, made before the last election, that the State Government has no plans to approve the development of uranium in Queensland”. Two weeks later the Premier put out the welcome mat for the uranium industry.
Queensland is no stranger to mining, but uranium is different.
Uranium is a dual use fuel — it can provide the raw material for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Its mining and export divides communities as well as atoms.
It is a high risk, low return sector that makes only a modest contribution to employment (around 0.015 per cent of Australian jobs) and economic activity (under 0.3 per cent of national export revenue) but brings significant and unresolved environmental, health and safety risks, and leaves significant toxic legacies.
Of particular concern in Queensland is the possibility of uranium being transported across the Great Barrier Reef.
UK – Shocking increase in respiratory problems due to Nuclear incidents from Fukushima and The Budapest Medical Isotope Inst.
Published on 23 Apr 2013
MOX and Medical isotopes are bad for you and everyone! Arclight2011
These processes create Radon that make Pblead etc..
Here is Jamnoises Video with her findings.. She will have a video out soon i hope to show miscarriage and still birth statistics using the FOI requests.. i lost three kids those ways, so i am interested to see the dates she comes up with.. Great sleuthing Jamnoise..!
Jamnoise72
More NHS Statistics. (Part2) Stats from Watford General Hospital Trust
Here are some of my preliminary findings correlating the data from Jamnoise72 on You Tube with some of mine.
The dates of large increases in respiratory problems where the patient was admitted straight to casualty or ICU, correlate with the dates of contamination noted by bloggers in Europe concerning nuclear releases from Hungary and Fukushima.
There is a hidden price to pay for medical isotope production.. and it is especially being paid by the people of Budapest and Fukushima, Miyagi prefectures in Japan as well as the west coast of the USA and the whole of Europe!
Europe too paid a price! The scientists NEVER discuss the PbLead issue!?? But bloggers do!
Nuclear Lead poisoning cover-up UK, serious wildlife contamination found!
In a recent wildlife report it was shown that birds tested in the period winter 2010 to winter 2011 were found that elevated levels of lead ………of waterbirds tested at four sites in Britain during the 2010/2011 winter this happening during some of the largest radioactive releases from nuclear power plants and medical reactors.
https://nuclear-news.net/2012/10/07/nu…
And more PbLead found in Tokyo at higher concentrations..
Published on 25 Jul 2012
In this and Part 2
http://youtu.be/oeS5dRkyBi0
Dr Busby describes measurements made on an airconditing unit filter from inside an apartment in central Tokyo. This was sent by a lady in Tokyo who wanted to know if it was safe to live there. The filter only collected air from inside the apartment. It shows the presence of 130000Bq/kg radioCaesium in the dust plus enriched Uranium and for the first time Lead-210/Polonium-210. The apartment was evacuated from the Tuesday after the catastrophe and the machine switched off; and the family returned 5 months later. This and much other information about the health effects and cover ups, including leaked data are to be found in Dr Busby’s new book in Japanese: the Horror of Fukushima, published on 25th July by Kodansha in Tokyo
More data here
British ‘snoopers’ charter’ under revision amid harsh criticism
Published time: April 22, 2013 09:18
Edited time: April 22, 2013 15:38
The UK draft Communications Data bill that could allow the government to keep tabs on emails and Skype is being reviewed after a wave of criticism. The opposition has slammed the law as potentially disastrous and an affront to personal privacies.
The legislation is currently being revised by a commission of MPs after a torrent of criticism over the scope of the law. The prime minister received a letter from cyber security experts on Monday, calling the bill overly expensive with the potential to stifle innovation and undermine personal privacies, reported the Times.
“As a society, it would be stupid to build the infrastructure that could be used to oppress us,” Ben Hammersley, a Number 10 Downing Street tech advisor, told Tank Magazine. “The fact that we don’t know who is going to be in charge in 10 years’ time means that we shouldn’t give them free toys to play with.”
The draft bill has been championed by Home Secretary Theresa May, who described it as vital in combating pedophiles, fraudsters and extremists. However, civil liberties groups condemn the legislation as a step too far and have branded it as a “snoopers’ charter.”
Nuclear material in pools at Fukushima schools exceed 100,000 Bq/kg — Level nearly doubled since last year
Published: April 22nd, 2013 at 1:44 pm ET
By ENENews
Title: Radioactive mud in Fukushima school pools tops 100,000 becquerels
Source: Asahi
Author: MASAKAZU HONDA
Date: April 22, 2013
Radioactive cesium levels exceeding 100,000 becquerels per kilogram were measured in mud accumulated at the bottom of swimming pools at two high schools in and around Fukushima city. […]
In March 2012, the CRMS tested mud collected from the pool of the high school in Fukushima. The radioactive cesium level was 65,900 becquerels, according to the results released on April 1 this year.
The prefectural government has measured radioactivity levels of water in the school pool, but not the mud. The latest results for mud from the high school swimming pool in Fukushima showed 104,100 becquerels per kilogram.
[…] test results showed 119,461 becquerels for the high school pool outside the prefectural capital […]
See also: Gov’t: South of Tokyo 12,400 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium found next to children’s swimming poo
Fukushima Daichi Spent Fuel Pool 4 has an inability to Retain Water
Published on 22 Apr 2013
NRC document here: scroll down to page 3
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1220/M…
(there are more documents that show that TEPCO tried to fix the leaks with a Bondo type mix. If I find those documents again, I will link them.) I had full intention to stop posting Fukushima videos (at least daily updates), but I ran across this document I had uploaded and forgot to post. Document shown at the 1:55 minute mark for those who don’t care about the rest…
Song by Jonathan Mann titled Changes with regard to Man on Soundcloud. He also has a youtube channel here called SongADay offering many creative commons songs. Great guy! https://www.youtube.com/user/therockc…
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