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Category Archives: Fukushima
Safecast Drives
List of all Safecast Drives
The team at Keio University’s ‘Scanning The Earth’ project as plotted every single data point that we’ve collected on our mobile drives onto one single map. They have close up and zoomed out JPGs of the entire thing, as well as a Google Earth KMZ file that you can download and explore on your own as well. It’s pretty amazing to see this all together.
Safecast and Keio University Publish Data
Safecast with Keio University have been collecting and mapping data from a number of data collecting excursions. Here is a list of the excursions (drives) and the maps generated from the collected data.
Live Webcam at Fukushima Daiichi
Tepco has installed a live webcam with a view of the reactor complex. View live webcam here.
Angry Parents…
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This New York Times article by Hiroko Tabuchi describes the anguish of the parents of Fukushima City, whose children are going to contaminated schools. As I have said before, it is hard to see a happy ending to this story. The best protection from radiation is shielding and distance. I would never let my children be exposed to these radiation levels, said an advisor to Prime Minister Kan. I agree. This is not a healthy environment for children. Delays in moving them will only add to the uncertainty and suffering. Someone needs to speak out and let people know this is not a situation that can be normalized. There is risk that will not go away for some time.
Highest Radiation Levels Yet at Unit 1, or Instrument Malfunction?
This graph or radiation readings at Unit #1 has been coming to us from various sources attributed to information from Tepco. There is a question as to whether the sensors are malfunctioning. If correct, these levels are extremely high and a reason for great concern to those working in this area.
Multiple Holes in Reactor 2 Containment?
So says the Mainichi Shinbun reporters who must be reading the report submitted by TEPCO on May 23 and released on May 24 according to this story.
Tepco confirms #1,2,3 reactors melted down
This article on NHK confirms Tokyo Electric Power’s assessment that all three reactors melted to various degrees fairly soon after the earthquake. Other reports from reputable sources say the cooling systems were damaged by the earthquake and that the tsunami only added to the problems that contributed to deterioration of the systems.
Tour of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Tepco released this footage of work progress inside the plant following earthquake, tsunami, meltdown of reactors.
Measurement experiment
Pieter and Kalin of Safecast Japan spent some time last weekend analyzing the fallout that settled at a hot spot in Chiba, close to Tokyo. It appears that a rain fell as particulates from Fukushima Daichi passed over the neighborhood.