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Safecast finds 750,000 Bq/m2 or 23,000 CPM (PHOTO)

Published: August 8th, 2011 at 12:08 pm ET
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Safecast Probe 0001 Japan Fukushima Tsushima 750,000 Bq/m2, Safecast.org Japan by Pieter Franken, August 7, 2011:

This photo was taken on August 7, 2011 in Jingumae 3 Chome, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JP, using an Apple iPhone.

Value: 750,000 Bq/m2, 23,000 CPM
Type: surface concrete
Radiation: alpha, beta, gamma

Mobile Probe Radiation measurement for www.Safecast.com

Reported by: Pieter Franken, Safecast.org Japan

Medcom inspector alert courtesy of Www.Medcom.com

Update from commenters:

Agapit, August 8, 2011 at 1:42 pm:

This image may not be from Tokyo after all. On the safecast site, its origin is referred to variously as “Fukushima Tsushima”, “30 km from the plant” and “Jingumae 3 Chome, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture”. Obviously, it can’t be all three.

Daruma, August 8, 2011 at 1:56 pm:

i am agree with you, look at this map http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/japan/map/m376866/tsushima.html it shows where Tsushima in fukushima is, and you can see this is a road clearly near Minami-Soma, so i am really not surprised these readings are high over there. Plus, if you look at other pictures (with same title, fukushima tsushima) you’ll be able to recognize a kinda-like countryside area, which suits more in an area like on the fukushima map, than full in Tokyo… Plus Jingumae san chome is in Shibuya-ku, i never went in tokyo, but i know that Shibuya can look like everything, but not a countryside aera. So my opinion is, this picture was taken inside fukushima prefecture, on Tsushima, near Minamisoma (30km away from fukushima daiichi) and the photo was posted in Shibuya.

 

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22 comments to Safecast finds 750,000 Bq/m2 or 23,000 CPM (PHOTO)

  • Darth
    August 8, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    As part of our efforts to get readings for all of Japan, including many areas that have never had published measurements, we’ve been driving across the country taking readings constantly as we go. This provides some exceptionally detailed mapping of radiation levels along the routes we have traveled, we call this Safecasting.

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  • SteveMT
    August 8, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    If this another super-hot spot, then it should be removed along with all of the others.
    If this is pervasive throughout Tokyo, then evacuate immediately.

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  • Arizonan Arizonan
    August 8, 2011 at 1:00 pm

    Darth,

    Thanks again for the SafeCast info. I actually felt inspired enough when I first read about the project to write to the Fukushima prefectural government with info about Safe Cast and the link to encourage them participate or let their citizens know about it. This seems reasonable, as neither here nor at Chernobyl does the radiation land in neat concentric circles!! These high level readings in Tokyo are scary, but just around the block the reading could be much higher or much lower. SafeCast seems like a brilliant way for ordinary citizens to check the SafeCast map and plan their journeys accordingly. Kind of like a weather report, but instead you check your rad report before you go out. It seems like an excellent human adaptation to one of the most horrendous, terrifying and tragic situations in human history. When humans CANNOT change a situation we are remarkably adept at adapting to it. I hope SafeCast continues its brilliant work in Tokyo and throughout the islands of Japan. As 1,2,3 continue to spew a billion becquerels a day (possibly for the next ten years at least), the situation throughout Japan will continue to deteriorate. I don’t blame people for not wanting to see, admit or deal with this insanely harsh reality, but SafeCast, along with what will be inevitable evacuations, will help the humans deal with this unimaginable situation.

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    • Pallas89juno Pallas89juno@yahoo.com
      August 8, 2011 at 2:34 pm

      Arizonan:

      I appreciate your efforts, unfortunately, we as Americans, have an overabundance of deeply misplaced faith in any sort of government anything–not saying this was your condition as you wrote to the prefectural government in Japan, more of a generalization. The reality is no government installed or manipulated by the U.S. or that deeply participates in all the intrigues of capitalism is going to sacrifice itself for the common good. The people have to make them make the sacrifice and this means intimidating the top, or, if need be and it likely is now, chopping from the top.

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  • Bobby1
    August 8, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    If the 750,000 Bq/m2 is all Cesium-137, then this amount is 3 times higher than the Cs-137 found in Skutskar, Sweden after Chernobyl. This is the highest reading found outside of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

    If you factor in Cesium-134, then this reading is about 1.5 times higher than Skutskar.

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  • Agapit
    August 8, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    still shining: There were three ground contamination levels established for evacuation after the Chernobyl accident:

    1) 185,000 Bq/m2 — voluntary evacuation with compensation
    2) 550,000 Bq/m2 — forced evacuation, zone 1
    3) 1,480,000 Bq/m2 — forced evacuation, zone 2

    These figures are for Cesium-137. As you can see, the levels recently measured in Tokyo exceed those of the first Chernobyl forced evacuation zone.

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  • Nukeholio
    August 8, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    I wonder why they never test for Plutonium and Americium. How about Uranium? Neptunium?

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  • Bobby1
    August 8, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    All areas more than 10 km south of Chernobyl had less cesium than this.

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  • Agapit
    August 8, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    This image may not be from Tokyo after all. On the safecast site, its origin is referred to variously as “Fukushima Tsushima”, “30 km from the plant” and “Jingumae 3 Chome, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture”. Obviously, it can’t be all three.

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    • Daruma
      August 8, 2011 at 1:56 pm

      i am agree with you, look at this map http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/japan/map/m376866/tsushima.html it shows where Tsushima in fukushima is, and you can see this is a road clearly near Minami-Soma, so i am really not surprised these readings are high over there. Plus, if you look at other pictures (with same title, fukushima tsushima) you’ll be able to recognize a kinda-like countryside area, which suits more in an area like on the fukushima map, than full in Tokyo… Plus Jingumae san chome is in Shibuya-ku, i never went in tokyo, but i know that Shibuya can look like everything, but not a countryside aera. So my opinion is, this picture was taken inside fukushima prefecture, on Tsushima, near Minamisoma (30km away from fukushima daiichi) and the photo was posted in Shibuya.

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  • odylan
    August 8, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    My God, it’s worse than a Hitchcock movie! These courageous Safecast people were dive-bombed by 3″ long wasps!!! Are these angry wasps the first recorded Fukushima insect mutations???
    http://blog.safecast.org/2011/08/drive-report-august-7/

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  • odylan
    August 8, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    The giant Japanese hornet is 1.6″ long for comparison. (see Wiki).

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  • James Tekton James Tekton
    August 8, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Good bright and cheery morning to all!

    Yes, we had a reading of 74.6 CPM at 12:pm today. Ten minute timings.

    Is it the solar storm, or a wave? Utah/Nevada, Los Alamos, or Anything West including Japan’s catastrophe? All great questions but what is of interest to report is, when talking to a Forestry Biologist in the grocery store yesterday, her alarming attitude was all about the mercury in the air around the four corners area. She was more concerned about that than the radiation. When asked if they were checking for radiation, she said, “they don’t have the money to buy Geiger counters for the Forestry Dept.”

    Counting in four corners region—->

    At the higher end of what is considered normal, and again, what is normal?

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  • Noah
    August 8, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    Geiger Counter(GC) Contamination
    Friendly Reminder

    To take accurate timed readings/survey, bag GC in new/clean zip lock plastic bag before placing on concrete or a contaminated surface. Dispose of bag after taking reading.

    Placing the GC directly (with no protective plastic) on a radioactive object/surface/soil/sample/food, will contaminate the GC and skew future readings/measurements. In certain cases (radioactive dust/water intrusion etc.) the contamination will be permanent and the GC will need to be replaced.

    This simple method of bagging the GC while using it, will save you grief and expense in the long run and will help insure the accuracy of your readings.

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