Fukushima kids sue for evacuation

by Yuri Kageyama / Japan Times / April 18, 2013 / Despite high stakes, lawsuit getting scant media attention Their demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children. The Sendai High Court is expected to rule soon on this unusual lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the children by their parents and antinuclear activists in June 2011 in the district … Continue reading

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Fukushima workers treating water leaks weren’t wearing dosimeters

via The Asahi Shimbun / April 20, 2013 / Fourteen workers treated radioactive water leaking at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant without wearing personal dosimeters as required, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said April 19. The dosimeters, which are worn on a worker’s finger, measure and record the doses of beta rays, or high-speed electrons. According to TEPCO, the 14 workers are employees of a partner company that engaged … Continue reading

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#Fukushima Pond Leak Update: All 7 In-the-Ground Water Storage Ponds Are Leaking Radioactive (Beta) Water

via ex-SKF / April 12, 2013 / Jiji Tsushin (4/13/2013) says TEPCO has reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority that the in-the-ground water storage pond No.1 is indeed leaking into the surrounding soil. TEPCO’s handout for the press on April 13, 2013 shows that beta nuclides are being detected in the water taken from either the drains or the leak detection pipes or both in not only the ponds Nos … Continue reading

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