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- Radioactive Mud In Fukushima School Pools Tops 100,000 Becquerels (Asahi Shimbun, April 22, 2013):

FUKUSHIMA—Radioactive cesium levels exceeding 100,000 becquerels per kilogram were measured in mud accumulated at the bottom of swimming pools at two high schools in and around Fukushima city.

Mud in the pool of a third high school in Minami-Soma, which is closer to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, showed at least 8,000 becquerels per kilogram.

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Tags: Fukushima, Fukushima City, Global News, Government, Minamisoma, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Schools

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On Jan 18th, prior to the third trial of the Sendai Supreme Court、the Fukushima Evacuee Trail Group held a press conference at the Council Hall. In the conference Kunihiro Yoshida, who lives in Minamisoma Fukushima north of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and who directs the Relief and Safety Project, reported the result of his research on the contamination of the children’s clothes.

The Fukushima Collective Evacuation Trial Team
http://fukushima-evacuation-e.blogspot.jp/
World Network for Saving Children from Radiation
http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/

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- 125,000 Bq/Kg of cesium from the soil of water reservoir for agriculture and industry in Minamisoma city (Fukushima Diary, 10, 2013)

Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Health, Japan, Minamisoma, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Radiation

- NHK: Paper towels are best way to decontaminate Japan — Outside of homes wiped down by hand (VIDEO) (ENENews, Nov 11, 2012):

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Title: Decontamination: Losing the Sheltering Trees
Source: NHK
Uploaded by: MissingSky101
Date: Nov 9, 2012

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It’s now known that wiping the roof with paper towels is more effective than high pressure washing. But it takes an enormous amount of man power time and money to clean an entire roof this way. The government estimated the paper towel method cost about $19 per square meter. So Minamisoma decided to limit it to areas such as the eaves.

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The city hopes to adopt the latest techniques, but the environment ministry wants them to stick to the guidelines. [...]

“What I’m concerned about is [...] this full-scale decontamination of the garden seems to cost twice what we estimated [...] at $19 per square meter the cleanup costs become mind-boggling. It really makes us wonder.”

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- Cesium from 1 in 4 local products for self-consumption in Minamisoma city Fukushima (Fukushima Diary, Sep 17, 2012):

On 9/11/2012, Minamisoma city government announced they measured cesium from 169 of 693 products in this August. They measured radiation in products for self-consumption. They measured over 100 Bq/Kg of cesium from 18 of 169 items.

The highest reading was 2,880 Bq/kg from edible wild plants taken in Haramachi ward. Continue reading »

Tags: Contamination, Environment, Food, Fukushima, Global News, Health, Japan, Minamisoma, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Radiation

- 88 Bq/Kg from well water in Minamisoma Fukushima (Fukushima Diary, Sep 12, 2012):

Cesium is penetrating into ground water. People are having less and less safe water.

88 Bq/Kg of cesium was measured from well water in Fukushima.

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The deadliest substance on the planet is “no health hazard”.

- Plutonium Detected at 10 Locations in Fukushima (Jiji Press, Aug 21, 2012):

Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Plutonium believed to originate from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s <9501> crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has been detected at 10 locations in four municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, the science ministry said Tuesday.

The highest reading was 11 becquerels of plutonium-238 per square meter, detected in the town of Namie.

The figure is about 1.4 times more plutonium than that originated from fallout from nuclear weapons tests abroad.

However, the ministry said that there is no health hazard.

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