Study: 15-year-olds from Fukushima town got an estimated 77,000 becquerels of iodine-131… in just 4 hours — Area a destination for evacuees fleeing radiation

Published: October 6th, 2012 at 4:47 pm ET
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Thyroid doses for evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear accident, Scientific Reports 2012; 2: 507

Tsushima District

76.9 kBq (76,900 becquerels) of total -131 intake for 15-year-olds during a 4-hour period on March 15, 2011

*In our data analysis, we did not consider I-132 exposure due to lack of information.

“According to the report, Namie moved its local government functions to the Tsushima district in the northwestern part of the town following evacuation instructions from the central government early on March 12. Namie officials then instructed residents to evacuate to the Tsushima district.” -Asahi

Published: October 6th, 2012 at 4:47 pm ET
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