Japan gov’t covered up high level radioactivity estimates far from exclusion zone

Published: April 4th, 2011 at 4:22 am ET
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Japanese withheld information on high radiation at Fukushima, Adelaide Now (NewsCore), April 04, 2011:

THE Japanese government withheld the release of data showing that levels of radiation more than 30 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant exceeded safe levels, broadcaster NHK reported Monday citing official documents. …

It also indicated that the radiation could spread northwest and southwest of the facility. …

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Govt did not reveal high level radiation estimate, NHK, April 4, 2011:

It has been learned that the Japanese government withheld the release of computer projections indicating high levels of radioactivity in areas more than 30 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. …

The estimates showed that the radiation would exceed 100 millisieverts in some areas more than 30 kilometers from the nuclear plant if people remained outdoors for 24 hours between March 12th and 24th.

That is 100 times higher than the 1 millisievert-per-year long-term reference level for humans as recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection. …

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