Published: October 12th, 2011 at 9:02 am ET
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SOURCE: Radioactive ‘Hot Spots’ Detected in Tokyo, Yokohama, Wall Street Journal by Juro Osawa, October 12, 2011
Japanese researchers discovered high levels of radioactive material in concentrated areas in Tokyo and Yokohama, more than 241 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, as increasingly thorough tests provide a clearer picture of just how far contamination has spread and accumulated [...]
In Tokyo, a sidewalk in Setagaya ward, in the western part of the city, recorded radiation levels of 2.707 microsieverts per hour, about 50 times higher than another location in Setagaya where the ward regularly monitors radiation levels. [...]
In Yokohama, the local government said last month that it detected 40,200 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram of sediments collected from one part of a roadside ditch. [...]
Yokohama is investigating another spot on an apartment rooftop where tests conducted by a local private research institute detected more than 60,000 becquerels of radioactive cesium per a kilogram of sediments. [...]
How were these highly radioactive areas found?
Both Setagaya Ward and Yokohama discovered those concentrated spots after residents carrying their radiation measuring devices noticed such spots and reported it to local officials.
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Published: October 12th, 2011 at 9:02 am ET
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The good thing:
private persons report it and it is confirmed by officials.
the bad thing:
there are confirmed hotspots.
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WSJ has obviously decided not to use the “S(trontium)” word in their report.
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At least all this higher Radioactivity will reduce Tokyo citizen’s winter heating bills.
…Is that considered “Green”?
red red wine
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Dribble it out, TEPCO/gov’t, dribble it out. Don’t mention any nuclides, either, the public gets more nervous when you actually tell them what’s there. Can’t have a nervous public after all….
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Or Plutonium.
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Finding Strontium would Hauntium, just finding Cesium is Sleezium.
But ain’t it wonderful that part of our Doubter’s Crew found the hotspots! Nope, the government wasn’t even looking but if you shove their nose in it like a bad puppy, then they’ll take a measurement. Hooray for the Free Japanese who stood in front of their Tienamin Tanks with their geiger counters and cried ‘Foul’. I salute you.
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Hola radegan, “then they’ll take a measurement”. From what I understood, they didn’t. I think this brave citizen organized the testing himself (and also paid for it privately, I guess).
Ex-SKF has the copy of the test sheet and some info:
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/10/test-result-on-strontium-90-detection.html
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I hope this information gets to the masses in Tokyo and Yokohama. I doesn’t do me a damn thing except piss me off.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enUdvA35GKk
Tom Lehrer,
whatta brainy fun dude.
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It looks like the transport and redistribution of rads is going to have the appearance of a random distribution, with hotspots in some unlikely places. I believe there is a mathematically based theory for determining best approach to a random threat, but logic would suggest not adhering to routines.
By adopting a random pattern of behaviour you could at least avoid unwittingly exposing yourself repeatedly to undetected hotspots. Just a thought for anyone who feels the need to be pro-active but doesn’t have access to a Geiger counter.
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How ’bout this; RUN!
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“They’ve a Fine Bass Section, I’ll Grant You that,
But They’ve No Top Tenors, that’s for Sure!”
You are one Hip Cat, Steven….
Float like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee…
Maybe if ya chewed some of those nice
pasture fungi, you could SEE the hotspots?
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“You mean your only plan is to stand behind a few feet of mealie bags and wait for the attack?”
Not sure about the fungi but an environmental scientist might provide some clue as to where the hotspots might occur. Some of the Geiger counter users have already identified a few likely places, no doubt over time they will become adept at seeking out and detecting the worst of it.
What to do with it when located, they need a proven system for removal and disposal. Where are all the blasted pro-nuke experts when you need them? Or maybe they never go near the stuff – and who could blame them?
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“Where are all the blasted pro-nuke experts when you need them?”
Good point!
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And, btw: where is the corium?
They wouldn’t answer that one as well.
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Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream…
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I’m a doctor not a cynic, but it seems high time to repopulate the American rust belt with the citizens of Tokyo. Detroit, Cleveland, Gary, Pittsburgh, et al can be the new home for this irradiated populace and the US auto industry can be the beneficiary of a new large skilled labor pool. When lif gives you lemons…
Jim get us out of here!
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It is logical to cultivate multiple options.
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Thank you Spock.
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Afaik the Westcoast of the US is higher Polluted that the West of Japan,
you should take care of your own People first!
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One assemblyman, Yutaro Yokoyama, gave an interesting answer to the strontium question. He said on his tweets:
(1st tweet)
『9月初旬から事実として扱っています。私たちの会派にとってSrは過去の事です。9/13常任委員会でも私自身が触れています。Srは水溶性が高いという特性がありますので。但し、降り注いだのか、ボランティア等（人・車）が媒体になったのかは不明。』
I knew that [discovery of radioactive strontium in Yokohama] since early September. For our political faction, strontium is a thing of the past. I myself touched on the …
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-knew-that-was-reaction-from-yokohama.html
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Shhhh everybody… I think it is one of the mainstream rags reporting actual news. Way to go Wall Street Journal… oh wait, are you reporting on “Occupy Wall Street” …well, this industry is one at the top of the Corpocracy, maybe a little in depth reporting? Oh wait, you can”t. Journalism.. not what it used to be, before the corporations bought all the “investigators”
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Yes!
Steven, some of the Sci-fi writers seemed to hint at
a level of technology which is yet hidden from us, but will
be available, and possibly grab up all the rads like they
were so many Iron Filings under a Magnet….
Or, an alchemical transform which seals the problems up
in some yet-unknown crystallization-matrix, inert and safe.
Or, The Annunaki are returning to
Terra, where it is a Big Joke among Linguistic Annunaki
Academics that we named a moonlet “Pluto”, while
their Name for us is “The place of Plutonium”…
They’ve created this mess, because they want the fuel,
then bye bye for 3600 years.
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“Both Setagaya Ward and Yokohama discovered those concentrated spots after residents carrying their radiation measuring devices noticed such spots and reported it to local officials.”
‘Local officials’ means gutless gravy train civil servants unable to bend over to tie their shoes, who would not dare do ANYTHING that might endanger their continued paychecks, or retirement, or end up with a black mark on their record. Their retirement will probably go unrealized, considering the magnitude of the problems the face. a) They will die of cancer before then, b) The nation will be broke on its ass and there will be no retirement.
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reminds me of a short story where the guy made his
whole New York Corporate Career by going from one restroom
to another on different floors, hobnobbing as if he was
on the team at each floor, but mysterious. He would read the paper
in the bathroom stalls, always be perfectly groomed
and make friends at the water coolers on each floor.
Somehow he managed to make it to a big retirement party
where everybody remembered him as a great guy, a funny
joke-teller, Mr. Positive. His whole career, one restroom stall
to another.
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We do a lot of Check Ups here by ourself
and report the most dangerous ones to our Town Office!
Until now we saw some reaction
but not very quick!
I wish that our Town-People become quicker but also understand the long way of our bureaucratic System!
The majority of our Check Ups are in between 0.08 and 0.25uSv/h,
by our Experience it is the Street Dirt that is dangerous!
Regards from Setagaya and Regards to the People who reported this nasty Spot!
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Are you reporting to a co-op radiation tracking site? I found one a few weeks back. I will try to remember to look it up and post back here.
Catch you later.
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You may or may not know of this, but in case of its being useful, feel free to check it out
http://blog.safecast.org/
Sincerely
Misitu
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No, we call our Ward People,
they respect the PTA (Parents, Teacher Association) very well!
When we post it just somewhere (Youtube, Ustream, etc.) “they” can say: “oh we do not realize”!
I beg the People here to work together with the Ward-Town People- not all of them are Monsters!
Kindly Regards from Setagaya
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