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Highly radioactive water leaks from Japanese | Reuters

Greenpeace said its experts had confirmed radiation levels of up to 10 microsieverts per hour in a village 40 km (25 miles) northwest of the plant. It called for the extension of a 20-km (12-mile) evacuation zone.

"It is clearly not safe for people to remain in Iitate, especially children and pregnant women, when it could mean receiving the maximum allowed annual dose of radiation in only a few days," Greenpeace said in a statement, referring to the village where the radiation reading was taken.

More than 70,000 people have been evacuated from an area within 20 km (12 miles) of the plant and another 130,000 people within a zone extending a further 10 km are recommended to stay indoors. They have been encouraged to leave.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 07:35:07 AM EST
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That's like 3-4 cigarettes per day.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 07:42:58 AM EST
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Japan rejects Greenpeace argument for expanding evacuation zone | Reuters

(Reuters) - Japan's nuclear safety agency on Monday rebuffed a call by Greenpeace to extend an evacuation zone around the stricken Fukushima power plant.

An agency official told a news briefing that the measurements of high radiation the group said it had found at 40 km from the facility could not be considered reliable.

He added that most residents in the area concerned had left and hardly anyone was living there anymore.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 08:26:42 AM EST
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Huh!? The government measured levels even higher than Greenpeace's 10 μSv/h in that zone... we have been discussing the area around Namie for a week.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 10:11:41 AM EST
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ceebs:
clearly not safe for people to remain in Iitate, especially children and pregnant women
Starvid:
That's like 3-4 cigarettes per day.
Well, clearly...

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 08:38:55 AM EST
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The Oil Drum | Fukushima Open Thread

Eric Shidler on March 27, 2011, 4:04 PM

The readings being retracted are not due to miscalculation. If you will check the tides for the last 24hrs you will see that the initial VERY HIGH reading was @ high tide. The second re-reading was taken @ low tide. This style reactor uses a single cooling loop and appears to have a leak in the turbine room. The tides coming in puts positive pressure in this loop and radiation collects. When the tide goes out it places a vaccume on the system pulling vast amounts out to sea.
Tepco will publish samples taken @ low tide from now on it seems.



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 09:20:06 AM EST
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Certainly not good for children or pregnant women to smoke 3-4 cigarettes a day.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid on Mon Mar 28th, 2011 at 09:41:54 AM EST
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