Fukushima More Scary Details Arnie Gundersen 10/31/11

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Scientist Marco Kaltofen Presents Data Confirming Hot Particles
http://fairewinds.com/content/scientist-marco-kaltofen-presents-data-confirmi...
Washington, DC - October 31, 2011 -- Today Scientist Marco Kaltofen of Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) presented his analysis of radioactive isotopic releases from the Fukushima accidents at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Mr. Kaltofen's analysis confirms the detection of hot particles in the US and the extensive airborne and ground contamination in northern Japan due to the four nuclear power plant accidents at TEPCO's Fukushima reactors. Fairewinds believes that this is a personal health issue in Japan and a public health issue in the United States and Canada.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/Paper254015.html

TEPCO PRESS RELEASES DIRECTLY FROM TEPCO LINK HERE
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/index-e.html

excellent new source for Fukushima Updates
http://fukushimaupdate.com/

*Note: Single radiation dose of 2,000 millisieverts (200,000 millirems) and above causes serious illness. See also exposure list below.
Half-life of some radioactive elements

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1. Japan Emperor’s granddaughter hospitalized with mycoplasmal pneumonia

Nov. 5 – “Princess Aiko, 9, the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, was diagnosed with mycoplasmal pneumonia after being hospitalized for fever and coughing, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday,” reports Kyodo.

“When the princess will be discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital has yet to be decided, although her fever has gone down and her symptoms are now stable.”
http://enenews.com/japan-emperors-granddaughter-hospitalized-mycoplasmal-pneumonia

From July:
‘Japan’s Crown Prince and Princess Taking Their 9-Year-Old Daughter to High-Radiation Summer Retreat’

http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/07/japans-crown-prince-and-princess-taking.html

Also, the Imperial family gets their food from a farm in a highly-radioactive part of Tochigi prefecture. See here (red circle):

Pneumonia cases “surge” in Japan’s Tohoku region — Frequency of pneumonia also increased after Chernobyl

http://enenews.com/pneumonia-cases-surge-japans-tohoku-region-frequency-pneumonia-increased-after-chernobyl

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2. The Economist: Fukushima engineer reveals workers “often keeled over” while clearing radioactive rub

Nov. 5 — Setting the scene for its revealing report on the plight of workers at Fukushima Daiichi, the Economist details conditions outside the stricken plant. “Patrol cars stop passing vehicles,” notes the reporter, “The police are particularly vigilant in preventing unauthorised people getting near the stricken plant.”

Meet the Workers

“The air of secrecy is compounded when you try to approach workers involved in the nightmarish task of stabilising the nuclear plant. Many are not salaried Tepco staff but low-paid contract workers lodging in Iwaki, just south of the exclusion zone.”

“It is easy to spot them, in their nylon tracksuits — They seem to have been recruited from the poorest corners of society”:

One man calls home from a telephone box because he cannot afford a mobile phone
Another has a single front tooth
Both are reluctant to talk to journalists, because a condition of their employment is silence.
But they do share their concerns about safety
One earns ¥15,000 ($190) a day clearing radioactive rubble at the plant
He said he got a half-an-hour of safety training
He said almost everything he learned about radiation risks came from TV

http://enenews.com/just-in-fukushima-engineer-reveals-workers-often-keeled-over-while-clearing-radioactive-rubble-removed-by-ambulance-usually-they-returned

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3. Japan Times: It is of “great concern” that little has been disclosed about Fukushima workers

Japan Times Editorial, Nov. 8, 2011 at 7:00 pm ET:

<...> “Tepco and the central government must do their best to prevent workers’ overexposure to radiation and take necessary measures should workers become overexposed to radiation.”

“It is of great concern that little has been disclosed regarding the conditions of the workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tepco and the central government should disseminate information on the actual working conditions of these people” <...>

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ed20111108a1.html

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4. So, it seems the Japanese government is a subsidiary of Tepco?

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5. No surprise there.

Ours is a subsidiary of BP.

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6. Pretty shocking

I compared the radiation dosages in the legend to the absorbed radiation chart at http://xkcd.com/radiation/

It's like they're getting an X-ray scan every hour! Yikes!

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7. K&R n/t