Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Fukushima Radiation levels dropped 40%

Japan's Science Ministry (MEXT) has released a map showing the radiation levels over the year between November, 2011 and November, 2012 decreased by 40% within 80 kilometers of F. Daiichi. MEXT says half of the drop is due to Cs-134 decay, and the other half due to rainwater flushing plus decontamination efforts. MEXT adds that all areas outside the 80km radius are now below the 1 millisievert per year national limit. The Ministry map is entirely in Japanese, but the admittedly anti-nuclear Asahi Shimbun posted it in English with as many negative assumptions as they could muster. Here's the Asahi Shimbun link...
 

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