New York state is reporting trace amounts of Iodine-131.
Also, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality reported, on its March 29 RadNet posting, that trace amounts of Iodine-131 and Xenon-133 has been detected in the Gem State. The Idaho DEQ runs monitoring sites in Spokane, Washington, and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Both states say the levels are […] Continue Reading…
The International Atomic Energy Agency stated that one of the criteria for ordering mandatory evacuations, around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has been reached.
The IAEA says they found dangerous radiation levels in a town outside the current 20km (12.4 miles) evacuation zone. The town is about 40km (24.8 miles) away from the nuclear plant. Earlier […] Continue Reading…
Japanese scientist, going over the damage from 11 March tsunami, say buildings made of the toughest concrete, and several stories tall, were totally destroyed by the tsunami. That included building that were thought to be safe for use as emergency shelters, of course most people in those shelters died.
The scientist say the most damage […] Continue Reading…
A Japanese industry analyst, interviewed on NHK, said most of Japan’s industries will be hurt more than thought by rolling blackouts.
For several days NHK has been running reports on different industries that would be affected by power outages. Some of those industries, like bread factories, would have to shut down for longer than the […] Continue Reading…
Farm fields 30km away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are showing contamination with cesium-137, more than 2,000 times standard limits. Cesium-137 has a half life of 30 years.
Greenpeace representatives are demanding that the Japanese government issue mandatory evacuation orders. They say it is based on their own radiation sampling. The Japanese government said […] Continue Reading…
Kyodo News reporting that sub-contracting, and even sub-sub-contracting, is rampant at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and is playing a major role in the problems there.
Kyodo News interviewed one of the workers that was sent to the hospital with Beta Burns last week. It turns out the worker is a sub-sub-contractor. He said the reason […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, is asking farmers to delay planting rice, due to fears of radioactive contamination of the soil.
The officials want a few weeks to take soil samples, and determine if it’s OK to plant.
Tokyo Electric President, Shimizu Masataka, is in the hospital. Hypertension and dizziness are the reasons given. He has not appeared in public since attending a press conference on 13 March.
TEPCo runs the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The Idaho National Laboratory is sending robots hardened against radiation, along with hardened cameras to Japan.
That’s according to officials with the U.S. Department of Energy. The robots will be used where radiation levels are too high for people, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The statements by Energy Department officials, about the INL robots, […] Continue Reading…
The situation at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant now has Japan officially on maximum alert.
To give an idea of just how much highly contaminated water they must try to remove before any more work can continue on the damage plant: Just one of the tunnel/trenches under the reactors holds 6,000 cubic meters of contaminated water, […] Continue Reading…