Radiation in Harajiku, Tokyo Chiba (May 14th)

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2011-05-21 15:17

YouTube's Harisebon7777777 should be commended for his work on measuring the radiation levels in Tokyo. The device he uses costs about $1000, which I am sure he has paid out of his own pocket to provide us with the truth of what is really going on in Japan.

It is eerie to watch his videos. Typically, his hand is shown holding a geiger counter in some public place with people walking all around him as if there was nothing of importance going on; while all along, the geiger counter in his hand reveals what is really happening. Harisebon is documenting the slow irradiation of the Japanese archipelago. A visual unfolding of a tragedy.

While watching these videos. it is hard not to wonder how many of the folks one sees walking down the street will come down with cancer in 10, 20 or 30 years. In fact, the videographer's life itself is in peril. Poignant.

Go to Harisebon's YouTube channel and give him a shout-out. He deserves it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ruziS9Wf0&feature=player_embedded

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0.17 Micro-sievert/h is not

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-05-21 17:26.

0.17 Micro-sievert/h is not high, though, specially setting the counter directly on the ground. Snark.jp, another one of the many japanese that are measuring radiation levels and uploading videos or photos to the internet went on a Business trip to Paris and uploaded the following video. Compare the numbers.

The numbers are similar

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-05-21 18:57.

The numbers in the Paris video are similar to the OP video. But, MEXT says
that the "Usual Value Band" (which I assume is the normal range) is 0.022-
0.044 for Chiba and 0.028-0.079 for Tokyo.

There are some prefectures with normal ranges that are approaching the
numbers in the video though. For example, Niigata has a normal range of
0.031-0.153.

You can see the ranges as well as the latest MEXT readings in the follwing
link:

http://www.mext.go.jp/component/english/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2011/05/21...

I think it's a little premature to begin drawing any conclusions about
the people in the video.

The numbers being published

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-05-21 19:04.

The numbers being published by MEXT are gamma radiation levels only, usually measured on the roof of buildings in order to get readings without interferences. The Geiger counters used on those videos measure alpha, beta and gamma radiations. You can not compare them directly and you would need readings taken with the same equipment before the accident in order to measure an increase.

At least MEXT has current readings and usual range

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-05-21 19:40.

If their readings are not seen as the truth, we are then left wanting.

Could be

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-05-21 19:37.

I'm not familiar at all with Geiger counters. But, in the first video, I
only see the gamma dose rate led flashing. I don't see anything flashing
on the beta side. But, maybe that's just how they work.