Tokyo Radiation Less Than Paris’s Three Years After Meltdown

[Bonobo]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-09/tokyo-radiation-less-than-in-paris-three-years-after-meltdown.html

Atmospheric radiation levels in Tokyo are at the same level as before the Fukushima nuclear accident three years ago and are below those in Paris and London.

The average radiation level in central Tokyo was 0.0339 microsieverts per hour in Shinjuku Ward on March 6, data from the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health show. That’s about the same as the day before the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused the meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima plant 220 kilometers (137 miles) to the northeast.

That reading compares with 0.085 microsieverts in London and 0.108 microsieverts in Seoul on March 3, and 0.057 microsieverts in Paris on Feb. 27, according to a compilation of world monitoring sites on the website of the Japan National Tourism Organization. Radiation levels in central Tokyo were as high as 0.809 microsieverts per hour on March 15, 2011 before declining to 0.0489 microsieverts by the morning of March 18.

Closer to the wrecked plant in Fukushima, levels remain high enough to prevent the return of many of the 160,000 residents evacuated after the nuclear accident. In Namie town about 10 kilometers northwest of the plant, levels were as high as 17.59 microsieverts per hour at 8 a.m on March 7, according to prefectural data.

[zappaman]

1. Thanks for the update.

Free of fear mongering.

[RobertEarl]

2. Good for Tokyo, bad for Namie

Lets hope it doesn't spread via air.

Glad to see some accurate report. Saw a report the other day that claimed just 50,000 were refugees. Yep, can't believe everything you read.

Did you see the report about how the west coast is about to get some rads from Fuku? It was on the front page a while ago. Link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024634555

I'm concerned with the sea life that will be in the mix 24/7. And the sea spray. I live 300 miles from the sea but one day last year I could smell the salt as the wind was strong from the coast 300 miles away! Nice smell.

Anyway, good luck to the Japanese, they will be needing it.

[Bonobo]

3. "Anyway, good luck to the Japanese, they will be needing it."

[RobertEarl]

4. Was there a pic?

I don't see pics. Bandwidth.

I sure hope it wasn't nasty, but I have this feeling....

To be clear, I really do hope the best for the Japanese people. The suffering they have gone thru is terrible, first with the Tsunami and now with the nukes. Heard even kids are asking if their food is nuked. Is that true? God, how awful. They sure don't deserve it. NO ONE DOES.

[Bonobo]

5. Yup, 20,000 people died 3 years ago this week.

You can imagine why for many the real tragedy feels like it was more THERE than in the nuclear accident.

It would take four 9/11s combined with 4 Katrinas to equal that death toll.

[RobertEarl]

6. What a calamity

Seriously, living at 350 feet above sea level is a pretty good idea. That's a lot of water out there and when it gets moving......Read another report that they can show the east coast of the US had a 300 foot Tsunami many, many years ago. Scary.

[Bonobo]

7. Most people do not have the ability to choose where they live. nt

[Junkdrawer]

8. Not to rain on this parade, but a single number as a representation...

of a radioactive threat is, well...

http://fairewinds.org/podcast/japans-black-dust-with-marco-kaltofen