Japan soil contamination

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Residents forced to dump nuclear waste in parks and forests, July 5th, 2011 at 07:26 AM
Fukushima residents dump radiated soil in absence of plan, Reuters by Antoni Slodkowski, July 5, 2011:[link]

[...] “I scooped up all the radioactive soil and grass from my garden and dumped it in the forest, so no one could find it,” said a mother of a four-year-old child from Fukushima city [pop. 300,000, well outside 30-km evacuation zone], who did not want to be identified by name.
“When I put my Geiger counter close to that mountain of soil it showed 10 microseverts per hour,” she said. [...] Others were spotted dumping their nuclear waste in public parks and by the river, residents said. [...]

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45% of kids in Fukushima survey had thyroid exposure to radiation — Up to 50 millisieverts per year equivalent for 1-year-old, July 5th, 2011 at 08:06 AM
45% of kids in Fukushima survey had thyroid exposure to radiation, Kyodo, July 5, 2011:[link]

Around 45 percent of children in Fukushima Prefecture surveyed by the local and central governments in late March experienced thyroid exposure to radiation, although in all cases in trace amounts that did not warrant further examination, officials of the Nuclear Safety Commission said Tuesday. [...]
Among children who tested positive for thyroid exposure, the amounts measured 0.04 microsieverts per hour or less in most cases. The largest exposure was 0.1 microsieverts per hour, equivalent to a yearly dose of 50 millisieverts for a 1-year-old. [...]
Babies and young children are at highest risk of developing thyroid cancer after exposure to radioactive iodine released into the atmosphere in nuclear accidents. In the case of Chernobyl, most victims who developed the cancer in following years had been babies or young children living in the affected regions at the time of the accident.

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All soil samples taken 60 km from Fukushima plant survey exceed legal limit — Minimum of 326,000 Becquerels per sq. meter, July 5th, 2011 at 08:48 AM
45% of kids in Fukushima survey had thyroid exposure to radiation, Kyodo, July 5, 2011:[link]

[... A] survey of soil at four locations in the city of Fukushima on June 26 found that all samples were contaminated with radioactive cesium, measuring 16,000 to 46,000 becquerels per kilogram and exceeding the legal limit of 10,000 becquerels per kg, citizens groups involved said Tuesday.
The city, about 60 kilometers northwest of the crippled plant, does not fall within the 20-km no-entry zone or nearby evacuation areas.
One location registered as much as 931,000 becquerels per square meter, surpassing the 555,000 becquerels per sq meter limit for compulsory resettlement in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. Samples from the other three locations measured between 326,000 and 384,000 becquerels per sq meter. [...]

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Japanese professor: “Soil contamination is spreading in the city” 60 km from Fukushima plant — “Evacuation must be conducted as soon as possible”, July 5th, 2011 at 09:53 AM
Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soil, AFP, July 5, 2011:[link]

Soil radiation in a city 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Japan’s stricken nuclear plant is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens’ groups said Tuesday. [...]
The highest reading in the city of 290,000 people far exceeded the level that triggered compulsory resettlement ordered by Soviet authorities following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, they said.
Kobe University radiation expert professor Tomoya Yamauchi conducted the survey on June 26 following a request from the groups.
“Soil contamination is spreading in the city,” Yamauchi said in a statement. “Children are playing with the soil, meaning they are playing with high levels of radioactive substances. Evacuation must be conducted as soon as possible.” [...]