Posted on 10/22/2011 8:58:46 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Chiba Pref. city finds major radioactive hot spot on public land
KASHIWA, Chiba -- Officials here announced Oct. 21 the city government has discovered a hot spot emitting extremely high radiation of 57.5 microsieverts per hour on a plot of public land in a residential district.
The new hot spot was found within a radius of just one meter. Radiation levels in Kashiwa and its vicinity are relatively high because of the effects of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear crisis, but the latest discovery of such an intense hot spot in the city's Nedokoyadai district came as a surprise. City radiation task force chief Seiichi Someya speculates, "It's hard to imagine that it is due to effects" of the Fukushima crisis.
The city purchased land in the district from the Finance Ministry in around 1957 and built 30 houses, before gradually demolishing them and clearing the land. At one time, the local community borrowed it and used it as a public square.
A resident strolling in the area carrying a dosimeter found the hot spot and notified the city on Oct. 18. City officials checked it with a Geiger counter capable of measuring up to only 10 microsieverts. Chiba Prefecture's environment foundation took its own measurements and recorded the startling 57.5 microsieverts per hour.
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does anyone glow in the dark?
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Some probably do, but I don’t think they have realized it yet.:-)
I’m not glowing yet.. although I am in Chiba... a bit concerned though..
Time to buy a Geiger counter and some iodine tablets!
So, if you occupy that spot continuously for sixty years, you have a 40% chance of cancer?
It’s amazing how far south and west the radiation has traveled from Fukushima. They’ve even detected it in Shizuoka which is SW of Yokohama and Tokyo.
Japan recalls Shizuoka tea over radiation
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/japan-recalls-shizuoka-tea-over-radiation-20110610-1fw77.html
I’m surprised it hasn’t shown up in Nagoya yet!
According to the Ex-SKF blogger, they have now discovered that the radiation fits the profile of Fukushima and that the radioactive dirt was probably moved there by a resident performing cleaning - which makes me wonder if the resident inhaled any dust. Note that the EX-SKF blogger points to the fact that the Cesium present doesn’t account for the high radiation meaning other radioactive materials are present. Which ones?
“The density is too low to account for the extremely high radiation. Cesium alone may not account for the high radiation, but There’s no mention in the city’s announcement whether it is going to test for other gamma nuclides not to mention alpha and beta.”
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/10/kashiwa-citys-radioactive-dirt-276000.html
OMG I used to commute through there and have dinner there all the time..! :(
Wow...
Going back and strolling around your old hangouts has become an “adventure.”:-)
Its pretty crazy that all these radiation sources are being found that are apparently unrelated to Fukushima.
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