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The Government says it may order residents of some areas within 20 to 30 kilometers of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to evacuate.

Residents within 20 kilometers of the plant have been evacuated, while those living between 20 to 30 kilometers have been advised to remain indoors.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters on Thursday that existing evacuation guidelines assume large amounts of radiation being released over a short period of time and are not relevant in considering the impact of long-term exposure.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 04:58:03 AM EST

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So, from quarantine to voluntary evacuation to compulsory evacuation in the 20-30km zone.

Economics is politics by other means

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 05:49:44 AM EST
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I suppose it will go from some areas to the whole area as the weather changes and the season rolls around

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 06:25:33 AM EST
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But what will they do if the plant is still spewing when north winds and rain start to deposit more significant quantities of fallout on Tokyo?

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 11:17:36 AM EST
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Is the plant primarily releasing polluted steam or water?

Economics is politics by other means

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 11:21:53 AM EST
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Good question. We can see the steam but the radioactive water has to come from somewhere. Given re-condensation, it might be reasonable to expect the total mass released in liquid form to be thousands of times greater than the total released as gas. But the contaminated steam released into the atmosphere has to be much more dangerous to the rest of Japan than the contaminated water. Almost all soil contamination to date has been from atmospheric fallout, excepting explosive debris.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Apr 7th, 2011 at 11:34:45 AM EST
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