Japanese Radiation Adviser Quits in Rebuke to Government

[Fledermaus]

A key Japanese adviser on radiation leaks at the country's disabled Fukushima nuclear power facility has quit in protest over the government's handling of the disaster.

The adviser, Toshiso Kosako, a radiation safety expert at the University of Tokyo, said the government-set limits for radiation exposure at schools near the nuclear site are too high. At a tearful news conference late Friday, Kosako said he could "not allow this as a scholar."

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Japanese-Radiation-Adviser-Quits-in-Rebuke-to-Government-121022709.html

[Barrett808]

1. Radiation and kids go together like Mom and apple pie! n/t

[nonperson]

2. No problem at all. Radiation is safe and short-lived

I know because pro-nukers here on DU told me so. I was called ignorant, alarmist, stupid, and told any eighth grader would understand what I obviously can't figure out. Nuclear is safe and clean. I feel like such a fool.

[bananas]

3. Links to GD and LBN threads - a DUer in Japan called it "5th hand nonsense"

Apparently this isn't being reported in Japan - one DUer in Japan couldn't believe it and called it "5th hand nonsense" in the GD thread - this deserves a LOT more attention:
GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x993083
LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4832997