[RummyChick]

A picture of the actual article in the Asahi Shimbum in reference to the Cesium found in Tokoyo.

http://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=3304636&postcount=7433

http://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=3304632&postcount=7432

"Regarding the article discussing cesium found in Tokyo:

Although I didn't sight the actual Asahi article myself, I read the article that was copy & pasted onto the Japanese website, as well as the newspaper clipping that was linked, and they both look to be legitimate. The samplings were apparently taken at various locations in Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, and Fukushima. The earliest sample is from March 19th (Fukushima, 27650 becquerels/kilo). The most recent sample was taken on April 20th from the city of Tateyama in Chiba (127 becquerels/kilo) and the city of Kamisu in Ibaraki (455 becquerels/kilo). Tokyo's highest reading was from Kameido in the suburb of Koto-ku　(3201 becquerels/kilo) sampled on April 16th. "

[RummyChick]

Was Fukushima a China Syndrome?
http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/05/16/was-fukushima-a-china-syndrome/

“Eight months after the Three Mile Island accident, “an Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist declared, ‘Little, if any, fuel melting occurred, even though the reactor core was uncovered. The safety systems functioned reliably.’ A few years later, robotic sorties into the area revealed that half the core — not ‘little, if any’ — had melted down.””

Btw, the core in Reaction 1 melted down before the venting and the explosion..imagine what was released when those two events happened.

[Del Rapier]

The readings at the actual plant,not to mention within the reactors should be something else entirely.