Published: October 4th, 2011 at 7:40 pm ET
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SOURCE: Fukushima soil decontamination zone may be larger than expected, RIA Novosti, October 4, 2011
The Japanese government said it would lay down new soil pollution standards for the area around the stricken Fukushima nuclear power station, expanding the soil decontamination zone to neighboring prefectures, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said on Tuesday. [...]
With areas showing radiation pollution between one and five millisieverts added, the decontamination area may spread to the neighboring Tochigi and Gunma prefectures. [...]
Published: October 4th, 2011 at 7:40 pm ET
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Nuclear reactor shut down in Japan, cause unknown
(AFP) – 12 hours ago
TOKYO — A nuclear power reactor was shut down automatically in western Japan on Tuesday, but the cause of the suspension was not immediately known, its operator said.
Operations at the number four reactor of Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga were automatically suspended at around 1:40 pm (0440 GMT), said Kyushu Electric Power, which runs the plant.
“We have not monitored any abnormality such as any change in radiation gauges,” Yuki Hirano, a company spokesman, said, adding that there were no reports of fire or smoke.
The operator said that an alarm indicating a problem with a steam condenser went off and automatically stopped the turbine and the reactor. However, the precise cause of the shutdown was still under investigation.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDHNjjuDQ5-2W5LZ7ovyh6FBLWsg?docId=CNG.77050fa427ec908c1e4c0b01383404f5.411
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Dribble, dribble…the news is released like a year long harikari ritual of the nation. Carnage in the middle… Followed by death to the extremities.
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Hitachi workers continue to face hot spots at Fukushima plant.
“The Hitachi group set a maximum of 30 millisieverts for annual accumulated radiation levels for workers at the plant, which is stricter than the government standard of 50 millisieverts. Workers are not allowed to work if radiation levels exceed the Hitachi group’s limit.”
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201110040408.html
and this from the article
“Our goal is to reduce radiation levels to under 1 millisievert. Those areas with radiation levels between 1 millisievert and 5 millisieverts will naturally be covered,” said Goshi Hosono, the state minister in charge of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
(arc 1 milisievert/hr ?? or 1 milisievert/year?)
According to a preliminary decontamination plan made last month, about 1,778 square kilometers, or 13% of Fukushima Prefecture’s total area will have to be cleared. Costs are expected to hit 1.14 trillion yen ($14.9 billion).
With areas showing radiation pollution between one and five millisieverts added, the decontamination area may spread to the neighboring Tochigi and Gunma prefectures.”
30 miliisieverts a year equates to 2.96 microsievert/h or 0.00296 milisievert/hr
And unless im mistaken 1 millisievert is 1000 microsievert so the Japanese think that it is worth spending all that time and energy to reduce the contamination to dangerous levels …mmmmm
At least the history books will have noticed the stupidity of using all those resources to reassure the people instead of doing the right thing …..people need to be moved from areas with high contamination…and a comprehensive ground measurement of the whole country (including outer islands) to find all the hot spots and actual raised levels of contamination…
I milisievert of what isotopes exactly!
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Arclight, You said what I was going to say. They don’t add a time component to the mS measurements.
“At least the history books will have noticed the stupidity of using all those resources to reassure the people instead of doing the right thing”
You don’t get it. They are doing the right thing.
For themselves.
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They are doing the right thing.
For themselves
surely you mean they think they are doing the right thing for themselves?
they and their families have to suck this shit up too!!
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