Fukushima Update | Nuclear News from Japan TOPIN.cz, teplo, voda, vzduch, technická zařízení budov Home Fukushima isn’t Chernobyl? by SARAH D. PHILLIPS The March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused the deaths of approximately 16,000 persons, left more than 6,000 injured and 2,713 missing, destroyed or partially damaged nearly one million buildings, and produced at least $14.5 billion in damages. The earthquake also caused a triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Japan’s eastern coast. But as reporting on the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP unfolded, an unsettling story of stonewalling and sloppiness emerged that was eerily reminiscent of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Recently-released video footage of the early days and weeks of the Japanese crisis reveals that some of the same mistakes made during the Soviet state’s blighted response to Chernobyl were repeated at Fukushima Daiichi. No one knows what really happened here” I traveled through northeast Japan with an esteemed group of scholars: Dr. Our guide in Otsuchi was Mr. Consider for instance the town of Namie.
Centre for Research on Globalization Enerwebwatch DRUDGE REPORT 2011® RadNet Laboratory Data | Japanese Nuclear Emergency: Radiation Monitoring You are here: EPA Home Japanese Nuclear Emergency: Radiation Monitoring RadNet Laboratory Data This site contains information and data from March 11, 2011 to June 30, 2011. EPA has returned to routine RadNet operations. This site will continue to be available for historical and informative purposes. For real-time air monitoring data, please visit the EPA RadNet website and Central Data Exchange. To view both current and historical laboratory data, please visit our Envirofacts database. In the tables below we provide sampling results for: The links above provide all data. Historical data from EPA's RadNet system can be found on our EnviroFacts website. Air Filter and Air Cartridge During detailed filter analyses from several RadNet air monitor locations across the nation, the U.S. About air filter and air cartridge laboratory data EPA tests air, milk, precipitation and drinking water samples to determine radiation levels across the United States. Top of page Precipitation Milk Drinking Water
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