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Ja, momenteel. Maar het leed is nog lang niet geleden.... Elke dag dat die centrales niet onder controle komen, komt er meer vrij. En het ziet er niet naar uit dat het spoedig gefixt is. 't is een ware ramp.quote:Op dinsdag 12 april 2011 15:45 schreef maartena het volgende:
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De Japanse overheid zegt nu in ieder geval dat de uitstoot van radioactiviteit, op ongeveer 10% ligt van dat van Chernobyl.
Ernstig genoeg in ieder geval dus.
Niveau 6 is ook gewoon overgeslagen... Het verbaasd me hoe snel de media in Nederland "moe" zijn van deze ramp, je leest er amper nog iets over, terwijl het een serieus heel groot probleem is.quote:
damnz... opgeschaald naar niveau 7
Ramp kernreactor Fukushima opgeschaald tot Tsjernobyl-niveau
censuur :O
Na twee weken verslapt de aandacht. Niet alleen van de media maar ook het publiek. Je kan er verontwaardigd over zijn maar zo gaat het altijd. Zo zitten we in elkaar.quote:
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Het verbaasd me hoe snel de media in Nederland "moe" zijn van deze ramp, je leest er amper nog iets over, terwijl het een serieus heel groot probleem is.
Eerst willen we alle details weten en daarna alleen nog maar de hele grote lijnen.
Het stond wel in de kranten hoor. Maar kan me er iets bij voorstellen dat Alphen nu even meer aandacht vraagt. Het hemd is toch nader dan de rok.quote:
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Niveau 6 is ook gewoon overgeslagen... Het verbaasd me hoe snel de media in Nederland "moe" zijn van deze ramp, je leest er amper nog iets over, terwijl het een serieus heel groot probleem is.
Als het niet wil branden moet je beter stoken.
Ik hoop op een visverbod daar (zal er al wel zijn). En dan over 10 jaar zit daar ineens heel veel vis, omdat daar dan een soort onbedoeld reservaat komt..quote:
Een aantal van die radioactieve elementen hoopt zich inderdaad op in vis. Dat was ook het eerste waar ikzelf aan moest denken vanaf het begin van de ramp ( ik eet soms bijna 1kg sardientjes per week. Gelukkig komen "mijn" sardientjes uit de South Atlantic)
Meetbaar, maar verwaarloosbaar. Denk ik. De berichten die ik erover vind zijn nog van maart, niks nieuws.quote:
Hoe zit het met de straling in Nederland?
daarom twijfel ik er zo hard aan.quote:
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Meetbaar, maar verwaarloosbaar. Denk ik. De berichten die ik erover vind zijn nog van maart, niks nieuws.
De westkust van de VS is, buiten Japan zelf natuurlijk, het land wat de meeste straling te verduren krijgt, vanwege de hoge luchtstromen over de Grote Oceaam.quote:
Meetbaar, maar verwaarloosbaar. Denk ik. De berichten die ik erover vind zijn nog van maart, niks nieuws.
Daar woon ik dus.
Er is opgemerkt dat er minuscule waarden zijn aangetroffen in melk, en groenten die uit centraal-california komen. Maar nog steeds zo minuscuul, dat als je een jaar lang elke dag die melk drinkt, en die groente eet, dat je ongeveer dezelfde straling krijg als 1 cat-scan in een ziekenhuis, of een retourvlucht van west naar oost, en weer terug naar west.Kortom: niet echt iets om je druk over te maken, men raad alleen aan om de melk niet aan babies en kleine kinderen te geven. Er is trouwens genoeg melk uit andere delen van de VS te krijgen, dus niemand maakt zich ergens druk om.
http://www.ksby.com/news/(...)-county-milk-sample/
http://www.krcrtv.com/news/27391914/detail.html
Proud to be American. Hier woon ik.
"Beer is proof that God loves us" - Benjamin Franklin.
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"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
"Beer is proof that God loves us" - Benjamin Franklin.
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"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Appels en peren. Het mogelijk binnenkrijgen van deeltjes kun je niet vergelijken met een CT scan of een vliegreis. Sommige deeltjes kun je niet eens detecteren zonder heel gevoelige apparatuur. Krijg je ze echter binnen doen ze enorm veel schade aan de omringende cellen.quote:
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Maar nog steeds zo minuscuul, dat als je een jaar lang elke dag die melk drinkt, en die groente eet, dat je ongeveer dezelfde straling krijg als 1 cat-scan in een ziekenhuis, of een retourvlucht van west naar oost, en weer terug naar west.
Ik weet niet waarom dit steeds in de media terugkomt. Als men alarmisme wil tegengaan oid zou het helpen dat men feitelijk blijft.
Hoe dan ook, ik slaap er niet minder om momenteel.
Proud to be American. Hier woon ik.
"Beer is proof that God loves us" - Benjamin Franklin.
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"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
"Beer is proof that God loves us" - Benjamin Franklin.
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"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Benjamin Franklin
Ik zeg ook nergens dat je er zorgen over moet maken oid.quote:
Hoe dan ook, ik slaap er niet minder om momenteel.
Al hoef ik voorlopig geen vis uit die contreien.
De omgeving van Chernobyl heeft nu ook opeens weer allerlei diersoorten die daar allang waren uitgestorven.quote:
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Ik hoop op een visverbod daar (zal er al wel zijn). En dan over 10 jaar zit daar ineens heel veel vis, omdat daar dan een soort onbedoeld reservaat komt..
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Weet iemand hoe ik de Bq/m3 kan omrekenen naar een toename in het Sv/hr getal dat ik in dat geval zou moeten meten ten gevolge van de extra radioactiviteit?quote:
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Na twee weken verslapt de aandacht. Niet alleen van de media maar ook het publiek. Je kan er verontwaardigd over zijn maar zo gaat het altijd. Zo zitten we in elkaar.
Eerst willen we alle details weten en daarna alleen nog maar de hele grote lijnen.
Edit: Okee, als mijn berekening klopt dan levert een "vervuiling" van 10 Bq/m3 (de meest radioactieve zone in het plaatje) een verhoging van het stralingsniveau van 0,03 uSv/h terwijl de normale natuurlijke achtergrondstaling ca 0,1 uSv/h is. Niks aan de hand dus.
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Japan admits delay in relaying toxic water dumping info to embassies
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto admitted Wednesday that Tokyo failed to notify all the embassies in Japan beforehand of the April 4 start of dumping low-level radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, following criticism from countries such as South Korea and Russia.
Matsumoto told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee that the Foreign Ministry finished disseminating information on the discharge of toxic water from the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant shortly after the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. began dumping the liquid.
''It is true that our notification was sent after the water discharge started, but communication channels have since been improved'' with foreign diplomatic missions in Japan and international organizations, Matsumoto said in response to questions by an opposition lawmaker.
After receiving the information from a government-TEPCO taskforce around 3:30 p.m. on April 4, it conveyed it to diplomats from some 50 countries, or one-third of all nations with embassies in Japan, in a regular briefing from 4 p.m. and sent it via e-mail and fax to others by 7:05 p.m., which was two minutes after the water discharge began, ministry officials said.
''We are sorry that we were late, even by two minutes, in relaying information. We are making efforts to notify other countries, especially Japan's neighbors that could be affected in a more careful manner,'' Foreign Press Secretary Satoru Sato said at a news conference.
Tokyo was criticized last week by neighboring countries such as South Korea and Russia for its failure to provide thorough information in advance regarding the tainted water discharge.
==Kyodo
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto admitted Wednesday that Tokyo failed to notify all the embassies in Japan beforehand of the April 4 start of dumping low-level radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, following criticism from countries such as South Korea and Russia.
Matsumoto told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee that the Foreign Ministry finished disseminating information on the discharge of toxic water from the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant shortly after the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. began dumping the liquid.
''It is true that our notification was sent after the water discharge started, but communication channels have since been improved'' with foreign diplomatic missions in Japan and international organizations, Matsumoto said in response to questions by an opposition lawmaker.
After receiving the information from a government-TEPCO taskforce around 3:30 p.m. on April 4, it conveyed it to diplomats from some 50 countries, or one-third of all nations with embassies in Japan, in a regular briefing from 4 p.m. and sent it via e-mail and fax to others by 7:05 p.m., which was two minutes after the water discharge began, ministry officials said.
''We are sorry that we were late, even by two minutes, in relaying information. We are making efforts to notify other countries, especially Japan's neighbors that could be affected in a more careful manner,'' Foreign Press Secretary Satoru Sato said at a news conference.
Tokyo was criticized last week by neighboring countries such as South Korea and Russia for its failure to provide thorough information in advance regarding the tainted water discharge.
==Kyodo
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NEWS ADVISORY: TEPCO seeks to restart No. 3 reactor of nuclear plant in Niigata
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Ik heb veel met Japanners gewerkt (ook af en toe in Japan zelf) en ik vind het hele verloop van deze crisis zo herkenbaar. De manier waarop informatie naar buiten komt, trage besluitvorming, etc. De Japanse cultuur gaat gewoon niet goed samen met crisis management. Precies de dingen die ze zo sterk maken als het gaat om lange termijn strategie zijn een zwakte als het gaat om reageren op een onverwachte crisis.
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Edano aware in March that nuke crisis could be raised to worst level
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Wednesday he was aware in late March of the possibility that the status of the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant could be raised to the worst level, but the decision did not come until later because of inconclusive data.
Japan's new assessment, raising the crisis to the highest level of 7 on an international scale, was announced Tuesday, about a month after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant and caused radiation leaks, fueling widespread criticism that the government has acted belatedly.
The assessment now puts the situation at the Fukushima plant situation on a par with the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.
Edano told a news conference Wednesday that two government-related nuclear bodies said in late March that their crisis assessment estimates were based on radiation monitoring data from only three locations.
''The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan said they could not vouch for the certainty of their estimates, so I told them to make a thorough, reliable analysis as soon as possible,'' said the top government spokesman, who added that he was informed Monday about the forthcoming change in assessment.
The government's nuclear agency on Tuesday upgraded its provisional evaluation based on an estimate that radioactive materials far exceeding the criteria for level 7 have so far been released into the external environment.
On the same day, Seiji Shiroya of the nuclear commission, a government panel, said in a news conference that he was aware as of March 23 that the crisis might be elevated to level 7, but left the decision to the agency because the assessment was the agency's responsibility.
On March 18, the agency provisionally set the level at 5, the same as the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the United States.
Edano defended the way the government has handled the process leading up to Tuesday's announcement, saying, ''We have repeatedly issued instructions to relevant entities to fully disclose various information.''
He also said that Japan's safety standards will not immediately change as a result of the assessment upgrading because the level was based on additional analysis of existing data.
At the same time, the chief Cabinet secretary admitted that a proper assessment could have been possible more quickly if more extensive radiation monitoring data had been collected earlier.
''I believe we would have been able to make various decisions at an earlier stage if more monitoring of radioactive materials in the areas surrounding the plant had been conducted at more locations,'' Edano said.
==Kyodo
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Wednesday he was aware in late March of the possibility that the status of the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant could be raised to the worst level, but the decision did not come until later because of inconclusive data.
Japan's new assessment, raising the crisis to the highest level of 7 on an international scale, was announced Tuesday, about a month after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant and caused radiation leaks, fueling widespread criticism that the government has acted belatedly.
The assessment now puts the situation at the Fukushima plant situation on a par with the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.
Edano told a news conference Wednesday that two government-related nuclear bodies said in late March that their crisis assessment estimates were based on radiation monitoring data from only three locations.
''The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan said they could not vouch for the certainty of their estimates, so I told them to make a thorough, reliable analysis as soon as possible,'' said the top government spokesman, who added that he was informed Monday about the forthcoming change in assessment.
The government's nuclear agency on Tuesday upgraded its provisional evaluation based on an estimate that radioactive materials far exceeding the criteria for level 7 have so far been released into the external environment.
On the same day, Seiji Shiroya of the nuclear commission, a government panel, said in a news conference that he was aware as of March 23 that the crisis might be elevated to level 7, but left the decision to the agency because the assessment was the agency's responsibility.
On March 18, the agency provisionally set the level at 5, the same as the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the United States.
Edano defended the way the government has handled the process leading up to Tuesday's announcement, saying, ''We have repeatedly issued instructions to relevant entities to fully disclose various information.''
He also said that Japan's safety standards will not immediately change as a result of the assessment upgrading because the level was based on additional analysis of existing data.
At the same time, the chief Cabinet secretary admitted that a proper assessment could have been possible more quickly if more extensive radiation monitoring data had been collected earlier.
''I believe we would have been able to make various decisions at an earlier stage if more monitoring of radioactive materials in the areas surrounding the plant had been conducted at more locations,'' Edano said.
==Kyodo
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Tokyo (CNN) -- The president of Tokyo Electric Power Company, the business at the heart of Japan's nuclear crisis, apologized again Wednesday, a day after the situation there was designated a Chernobyl-level nuclear accident.
Masataka Shimizu, the president of the power company, also said he is working with the government to create a plan to privide short-term compensation to the many affected by the nuclear crisis.
"I regret the fact we are inconveniencing all these people, I want to take this opportunity to apologize," Shimizu said.
His speech comes after Japan's prime minister vowed to wind down the month-long crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant "at all costs."
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he wants Tokyo Electric Power Company, to produce a timetable for bringing the disaster to an end, "and they will be doing that soon."
Shimizu did not provide a detailed timetable during his speech Wednesday but said his company is working to stop harmful materials from going into the atmosphere "as soon as possible."
Japan declared the Fukushima Daiichi crisis a Level 7 event on the international system for rating nuclear accidents Tuesday, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union. The top-scale designation was based on the massive release of radioactivity since the accident began, particularly in its early days, and classifies Fukushima Daiichi a "major accident" requiring long-term countermeasures.
"At all costs, all the reactors and the spent nuclear fuel pools must be brought under control so that we can prevent a further expansion of the damage," Kan said.
Tetsunari Iida, a former nuclear engineer-turned-industry critic, told CNN the declaration has no immediate practical impact on the crisis. But it's a sign that Japanese regulators have rethought their earlier assessments of the disaster, said Iida, who now runs an alternative energy think-tank in Tokyo.
Shimizu already issued an apology Tuesday for the disaster and the "enormous anxiety" it has caused after the Level 7 designation.
"We would like to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and we are working on the measures and steps to cool the reactors and prevent the spread of nuclear substances," he said. "While continuing to ask for the support and cooperation of the government, the ministries, and the municipalities, we would like to maintain close communication with them, and we will make the utmost effort to bring the situation to an end."
Scientists believe the amount of radiation released is only a tenth of what was released at Chernobyl, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, the chief spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. But the levels for radioactive iodine and cesium that have been spewed into the air, water and soil around the plant are in the thousands of trillions of bequerels -- 15 times higher than the threshold for a top-scale event, according to figures released by the safety agency Tuesday morning.
The crisis began with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan. The tsunami knocked out the plant's cooling systems, leaving operators with no way to keep the three operational reactors from overheating after they shut down.
Engineers are now pumping hundreds of tons of water a day into the damaged reactors to keep them cool, but Tokyo Electric said long-term solutions must wait until it can get the highly contaminated water out of the basements of the units' turbine plants. In addition, more water is being poured into pools housing spent but still-potent fuel rods in units 1-3 as well as unit 4, which had no fuel in the reactor at the time of the quake.
The work has been complicated over the past five days by a series of powerful aftershocks that have forced workers to clear out of the units and seek shelter.
Evacuation orders have so far covered about 85,000 people inside the 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) zone, while another 62,000 within 30 kilometers have been told to stay inside, Fukushima prefecture officials told CNN. Japan's government said it had no estimate of the number of people who would be covered by the new directives.
CNN's Kyung Lah, Whitney Hurst, Junko Ogura, Matt Smith contributed to this report
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Masataka Shimizu, the president of the power company, also said he is working with the government to create a plan to privide short-term compensation to the many affected by the nuclear crisis.
"I regret the fact we are inconveniencing all these people, I want to take this opportunity to apologize," Shimizu said.
His speech comes after Japan's prime minister vowed to wind down the month-long crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant "at all costs."
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he wants Tokyo Electric Power Company, to produce a timetable for bringing the disaster to an end, "and they will be doing that soon."
Shimizu did not provide a detailed timetable during his speech Wednesday but said his company is working to stop harmful materials from going into the atmosphere "as soon as possible."
Japan declared the Fukushima Daiichi crisis a Level 7 event on the international system for rating nuclear accidents Tuesday, putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the former Soviet Union. The top-scale designation was based on the massive release of radioactivity since the accident began, particularly in its early days, and classifies Fukushima Daiichi a "major accident" requiring long-term countermeasures.
"At all costs, all the reactors and the spent nuclear fuel pools must be brought under control so that we can prevent a further expansion of the damage," Kan said.
Tetsunari Iida, a former nuclear engineer-turned-industry critic, told CNN the declaration has no immediate practical impact on the crisis. But it's a sign that Japanese regulators have rethought their earlier assessments of the disaster, said Iida, who now runs an alternative energy think-tank in Tokyo.
Shimizu already issued an apology Tuesday for the disaster and the "enormous anxiety" it has caused after the Level 7 designation.
"We would like to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and we are working on the measures and steps to cool the reactors and prevent the spread of nuclear substances," he said. "While continuing to ask for the support and cooperation of the government, the ministries, and the municipalities, we would like to maintain close communication with them, and we will make the utmost effort to bring the situation to an end."
Scientists believe the amount of radiation released is only a tenth of what was released at Chernobyl, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, the chief spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. But the levels for radioactive iodine and cesium that have been spewed into the air, water and soil around the plant are in the thousands of trillions of bequerels -- 15 times higher than the threshold for a top-scale event, according to figures released by the safety agency Tuesday morning.
The crisis began with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan. The tsunami knocked out the plant's cooling systems, leaving operators with no way to keep the three operational reactors from overheating after they shut down.
Engineers are now pumping hundreds of tons of water a day into the damaged reactors to keep them cool, but Tokyo Electric said long-term solutions must wait until it can get the highly contaminated water out of the basements of the units' turbine plants. In addition, more water is being poured into pools housing spent but still-potent fuel rods in units 1-3 as well as unit 4, which had no fuel in the reactor at the time of the quake.
The work has been complicated over the past five days by a series of powerful aftershocks that have forced workers to clear out of the units and seek shelter.
Evacuation orders have so far covered about 85,000 people inside the 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) zone, while another 62,000 within 30 kilometers have been told to stay inside, Fukushima prefecture officials told CNN. Japan's government said it had no estimate of the number of people who would be covered by the new directives.
CNN's Kyung Lah, Whitney Hurst, Junko Ogura, Matt Smith contributed to this report
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NEWS ADVISORY: TEPCO ordered to check quake resistance of Fukushima reactor buildings
NEWS ADVISORY: Nuke agency orders TEPCO to examine tsunami damage details at Fukushima plant
NEWS ADVISORY: Nuke agency orders TEPCO to examine tsunami damage details at Fukushima plant
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Radiation in Tokyo returns to pre-disaster level
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
The maximum radiation level in Tokyo in the 16 hours through 9 a.m. Wednesday fell to the normal range seen before the occurrence of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant on March 11, the science ministry said.
The level fell to 0.079 microsieverts per hour from the maximum level of 0.093 microsieverts detected Monday to Tuesday, returning to the pre-disaster range for Tokyo at 0.028-0.079 microsieverts, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Among other areas, the maximum radiation level in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, fell to 0.142 microsieverts from 0.159 microsieverts. The pre-disaster range there was 0.036-0.056 microsieverts.
The level in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the pre-disaster range was 0.0176-0.0513 microsieverts, dropped to 0.080 microsieverts from 0.084 microsieverts, it said.
But the maximum radiation level in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled nuclear power plant, leveled off at 2.100 microsieverts against the pre-disaster range of 0.037-0.046 microsieverts.
The maximum radiation level in Namie, Fukushima, located 30 kilometers northwest of the nuclear plant, stood at 26.4 microsieverts at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.
A human being receives radiation of 50 microsieverts from one chest X-ray.
==Kyodo
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
The maximum radiation level in Tokyo in the 16 hours through 9 a.m. Wednesday fell to the normal range seen before the occurrence of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant on March 11, the science ministry said.
The level fell to 0.079 microsieverts per hour from the maximum level of 0.093 microsieverts detected Monday to Tuesday, returning to the pre-disaster range for Tokyo at 0.028-0.079 microsieverts, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Among other areas, the maximum radiation level in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, fell to 0.142 microsieverts from 0.159 microsieverts. The pre-disaster range there was 0.036-0.056 microsieverts.
The level in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the pre-disaster range was 0.0176-0.0513 microsieverts, dropped to 0.080 microsieverts from 0.084 microsieverts, it said.
But the maximum radiation level in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled nuclear power plant, leveled off at 2.100 microsieverts against the pre-disaster range of 0.037-0.046 microsieverts.
The maximum radiation level in Namie, Fukushima, located 30 kilometers northwest of the nuclear plant, stood at 26.4 microsieverts at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.
A human being receives radiation of 50 microsieverts from one chest X-ray.
==Kyodo
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Development of German-style eco-town eyed after nuclear crisis
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Prime Minister Naoto Kan is considering developing an environmentally friendly town with a population of about 50,000 to 100,000 in the event residents need to leave their homes near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for many years, a person close to the premier said Wednesday.
Kan is thinking of designing a downtown area ''modeled on a German garden city,'' Kenichi Matsumoto, a renowned writer who serves as a special adviser to the Cabinet, told reporters after a meeting with the premier.
Matsumoto, also a historian, said he proposed the idea of creating such an eco-town somewhere in an inland area during the meeting, adding that Kan was supportive of his idea.
Matsumoto also said the candidate area where people affected by the nuclear crisis could be migrated is already in ''the premier's minds.''
The idea of building an eco-town will most likely be discussed by the Reconstruction Design Council, launched on Monday -- exactly one month after the most powerful earthquake and tsunami in Japan's history.
The council will hold its first meeting on Thursday. Its members include internationally known architect Tadao Ando.
==Kyodo
TOKYO, April 13, Kyodo
Prime Minister Naoto Kan is considering developing an environmentally friendly town with a population of about 50,000 to 100,000 in the event residents need to leave their homes near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for many years, a person close to the premier said Wednesday.
Kan is thinking of designing a downtown area ''modeled on a German garden city,'' Kenichi Matsumoto, a renowned writer who serves as a special adviser to the Cabinet, told reporters after a meeting with the premier.
Matsumoto, also a historian, said he proposed the idea of creating such an eco-town somewhere in an inland area during the meeting, adding that Kan was supportive of his idea.
Matsumoto also said the candidate area where people affected by the nuclear crisis could be migrated is already in ''the premier's minds.''
The idea of building an eco-town will most likely be discussed by the Reconstruction Design Council, launched on Monday -- exactly one month after the most powerful earthquake and tsunami in Japan's history.
The council will hold its first meeting on Thursday. Its members include internationally known architect Tadao Ando.
==Kyodo
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Ik heb veel met Japanners gewerkt (ook af en toe in Japan zelf) en ik vind het hele verloop van deze crisis zo herkenbaar. De manier waarop informatie naar buiten komt, trage besluitvorming, etc. De Japanse cultuur gaat gewoon niet goed samen met crisis management. Precies de dingen die ze zo sterk maken als het gaat om lange termijn strategie zijn een zwakte als het gaat om reageren op een onverwachte crisis.
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