IAEA worried about radiation in Japan village

[IScreamSundays]

Source: Google Hosted

....The International Atomic Energy Agency said safe limits had been exceeded at Iitate village, 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Fukushima, well outside the government-imposed 20 kilometre exclusion zone and the 30-kilometre "stay indoors" zone.

"The first assessment indicates that one of the IAEA operational criteria for evacuation is exceeded in Iitate village," the IAEA's head of nuclear safety and security, Denis Flory, told reporters here.

The watchdog had advised Japanese authorities to "carefully assess the situation and they have indicated that it is already under assessment," Flory said.

But he said the IAEA -- which does not have the mandate to order national authorities to act -- was not calling for a general widening of the exclusion zone.

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[AtheistCrusader]

1. I was initially pleased with their reaction on the exclusion zone.

But I notice that as the costs and manpower of evacuation expand, suddenly the 'abundance of caution' has shriveled.

Edit: Or at least it has the appearance of having done so.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I think the people who have left Japan early on will be feeling very relieved.

Every day the scope of the disaster becomes more apparent, and trust in the "official" version of events decreases.
I remember clearly that BP was allowed to control the information in the Gulf crime scene, until our government had to be trotted out in an attempt to give BP some PR cover.
Now we have the head of TEPCO reportedly in a hospital recovering from a heart attack???
and TEPCP still is controlling the information as each day the radiation spreads.
Not good.

[Botany]

3. this is devastating news

the radiation levels must be very high @ fukushima daiichi power plant ...

Iitate, Japan is 25 miles away and the radiation has spread against the prevailing winds?

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/47047/japan-nuclear-sites-to-have-of.asp

The large city of Fukushima is only a few miles away from Iitate village.

[legin]

4. I make it about 10 times what the media are reporting

I'm using the radiation drops off to the sqaure of the distance.

so it could be approx 1 Sievert at the power station. The media is reporting 100 MilliSieverts that I've seen.

(this is a very, very rough calculation by some who is not noted for thier accuracy i.e me)

[legin]

5. I think maybe this could be a useful rule of thumb

Hear what the japanese government are saying the radiation is, and then multiply by 10.

Unfortunaltly that multiply by 10, turns bad into plain aweful.