Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Aftermath

Fukushima radiation measurements off the chart

The maximum reading that TEPCO is able to take when measuring radiation is 10,000 millisieverts (mSv).  Measurements of 10,000 mSv equal the same amount of radiation found in 100,000 chest x-rays.  Radiation levels are 250% higher than when the earthquake and tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear plants back in March.

Since the Fukushima disaster the aftermath has been kept silent and out of the media however Aela Callan reporter for Al Jazeera, sent back news regarding health concerns surrounding the Fukushima disaster. “It is now looking more likely that this area has been this radioactive since the earthquake and tsunami, but no one realized until now.”

Therefore it was no shock when Noriyuki Shikata, who was speaking on behalf of the Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Relations for the Prime Minister’s office had no comment on findings by Dr. Tatsuhiko Kodama, a professor at the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology and Director of the University of Tokyo’s Radioisotope Centre.

Earlier in Al Jazeera’s article Kodama was quoted as saying, “the total amount of radiation released over a period of more than five months from the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster is the equivalent to more than 29 ‘Hiroshima-type atomic bombs’ and the amount of uranium released ‘is equivalent to 20’ Hiroshima bombs.” (Al Jazeera)

Asahi.com produced results regarding the Fukushima nuclear disaster and children. A survey of more than 1,000 children and babies living near the quake-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has produced an alarming finding: 45 percent of them suffered internal exposure to radiation following the accident there.

TEPCO and the Japanese government have been hush, hush since the beginning.  The public understands that this has never happened before; however retreating into your offices and conference halls does not reassure them.  The only way to fight fear is with knowledge. Fukushima is no different from any other disaster, people are afraid, what is wrong with them? What is wrong with the children?  Answers are needed, even if they are not promising.  Hopefully in the months to come TEPCO, the Japanese government and the nuclear safety commission will get together and inform those affected by the Fukushima disaster what to expect.

Theory of Fukushima from a man who worked at a nuclear power plant

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