Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Radiation-Survey-at-a-School-in-Shimo-Tsushima-27MZIFJXWX1_4.htmlConceptually similarRadiation Survey in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLPYCompleted★★★★Radiation Survey at Abandoned Kindergarten in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLQBCompleted★★★★Abandoned Kindergarten in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLQ6Completed★★★★Abandoned Kindergarten in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLQ9Completed★★★★Abandoned Kindergarten in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLQACompleted★★★★Radiation Survey in Namie TownGP0STRLPICompleted★★★★Radiation Survey in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLP9Completed★★★★Radiation Survey of Mrs. Kanno's House in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLPCCompleted★★★★★★Radiation Survey of Mrs. Kanno's House in Shimo-TsushimaGP0STRLPFCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STRLR7Radiation Survey at a School in Shimo-TsushimaGreenpeace radiation specialists Mai Suzuki and Laurence Bergot measuring at a school in Shimo-Tsushima in the exclusion zone of Namie, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, which is closed for people to return to. The official air monitoring device meaning a level of 0.8 microsieverts per hour. This school area had been decontaminated by the government in 2014/15. Greenpeace radiation survey at a home nearby area showed levels ranging from averages of 1.3 microsieverts per hour to a maximum of 5 microsieverts per hour. However, the Japanese government plans to open a small area of Tsushima as early as 2023. The levels of radiation measured by Greenpeace in this highly contaminated area mean that it will be many decades and beyond the end of the century before radiation levels will even approach government targets.Locations:East Asia-Fukushima Prefecture-Japan-Namie-TsushimaDate:22 Sep, 2017Credit:© Christian Åslund / GreenpeaceMaximum size:7360px X 4912pxKeywords:Day-Greenpeace staff-KWCI (GPI)-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Outdoors-Radiation-Radiation measurement-Radiation measurement tools-Research-Schools-Scientists-Two people-WomenShoot:Radiation Survey in Fukushima PrefectureA comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in the towns of Iitate and Namie in Fukushima prefecture, including the exclusion zone, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public exposure. The high radiation levels in these areas pose a significant risk to returning evacuees until at least the 2050’s and well into next century. The findings come just two weeks ahead of a critical decision at at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) review on Japan’s human rights record and commitments to evacuees from the nuclear disaster.Greenpeace conducted the investigations in September and October 2017 measuring tens of thousands of data points around homes, forests, roads and farmland in the open areas of Namie and Iitate, as well as inside the closed Namie exclusion zone. The government plans to open up small areas of the exclusion zone, including Obori and Tsushima, for human habitation in 2023. The survey shows the decontamination program to be ineffective, combined with a region that is 70-80% mountainous forest which cannot be decontaminated.Related Collections:Radiation Survey in Fukushima (Photos, Videos & Report)
