Tag "evacuation area"
Idogawa Ex-Futabamachi mayor “I resigned because I can’t accept 20mSv/y standard. can’t take responsibility for future”
On 1/23/2013, Idogawa, Ex-Futabamachi mayor resigned. In the interview with OurPlanet-TV, he explained that he resigned because he couldn’t accept the 20mSv/y standard of the government. He stated, now Japanese
MAFF permits rice planting in evacuation zone
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries permitted rice planting in 96 households (73 ha) of evacuation zone in Tamura city Fukushima, where the annual dose is under 20mSv/y. They also
Japanese government lifted evacuation-supported zone from Da-te city and Kawauchi mura Fukushima
On 12/14/2012, Disaster headquarter of Japanese government lifted evacuation-supported zone from 128 households of Da-te city and 1 household of Kawauchi mura. Evacuation-supported zone is where you have hotspots and
Fukushima prefecture plans to finish all the forest decontamination by 2020, “grow biomass fuel crops”
On 11/22/2012, Fukushima prefecture announced they are going to finish decontaminating all the forests by 2020. It excludes planned evacuation area and hazard area, where only 1% had been decontaminated
Two kindergartens in Fukushima held a sports meeting outside
On 9/29/2012, two kindergartens in Iidate village held a sports meeting in their provisional facility in Fukushima city. The kindergartens are Kusano and Iitoi kindergarten. Last year they held a
316 μSv/h in Namiemachi, out of mandatory evacuation area
The radiation level is still extremely high, even outside the mandatory evacuation area. Akohgi, Namie-machi (about 26 km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant), is outside the planned evacuation area,
10% of aphid in Fukushima are deformed “Normally it’s less than 1%.”
Hokkaido newspaper reported (cf. Hokkaido newspaper “Millions of people around in Tokyo area are living in radiation controlled area” )Prof. Akimoto from Hokkaido university Research faculty of Agriculture found about 10%
20,000 Bq/Kg from earthworm
Mr.Hasegawa Motohiro from Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute measured 20,000 Bq/kg of cesium from earthworm. The sample was taken in Kawauchi mura Fukushima, from late August to
