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Ms Kanno in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture
Ms Kanno evacuated from her home in Shimo-Tsushima, Namie, in March 2011. Here she is entering her house with Eiko Takuchi, from Kashiwazaki, Niigata prefecture. This area remains inside the 'Difficult to Return" to exclusion zone, northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Radiation levels at the house remain above government decontamination targets, despite being subject to extensive decontamination. Radiation levels on average were measured at 1.3 microSieverts per hour, with maximum levels of 5.9 microSieverts per hour. Annual dose rates in the majority of the forest next to the house would range from 10-20 miliSieverts based on Japanese government modelling and 17-33 miliSieverts based on full exposure over a year. United Nations human rights Special Rapporteurs have called for the Japanese government to restore pre-2011 maximum permitted annual dose rates for the public to 1 miliSieverts, and to end its current policy of permitting up to 20 miliSieverts per year, including for children. The government plans to open a small area of Tsushima for human settlement before 2023.
Unique identifier:
GP0STT2JR
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
22/10/2018
Locations:
Asia
,
Fukushima Prefecture
,
Japan
,
Namie
Credit line:
© Shaun Burnie / Greenpeace
Size:
6880px × 4584px 5MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Radiation Survey in Iitate and Namie, Fukushima Prefecture (Photos)
Tens of thousands of workers have been employed in decontamination of areas of Fukushima contaminated by the March 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi.
Greenpeace radiation surveys in October 2018 showed high levels of contamination in areas where workers were operating. In testimony to Greenpeace, former decontamination worker Mr Ikeda explained the risks of radiation exposure experienced by workers, as well as how they receive very little and inadequate radiation training, how radiation data and identification data is unreliable and open to manipulation. United Nations Human Rights Special Rapporteurs have warned the Japanese government of the urgent situation for thousands of workers, at risk of exploitation, including homeless, asylum seekers and foreign workers. The Greenpeace report released on 8 March 2019, “On the Frontline of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster”, focuses on the radiation risks to workers and children and the on-going violation of their human rights by the Japanese government.
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