Japan's 3/11 Radiation Refugees
“We in Otsu-City, Shiga Prefecture, 311 miles (500 km)
from Fukushima, are seeing readings around 0.15 microsieverts on average,
which is around five times what the Japanese government is reporting. My wife
and children will leave Japan as early as possible because I perceive a growing
exodus will come and it might become hard to place kids in schools.””
- Frank Daulton, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Ryukoku Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Testing citizens for radioactivity in Japan.
Image © 2011 by Reuters.
Fukushima Prefecture (top red circle) is where TEPCO nuclear power plants
exploded and melted down after the March 11, 2011, 9.1 magnitude earthquake and
tsunami. Fukushima, is 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures
(lower red circle), where ground radiation in September 2011 is five times
higher than what the Japanese government says, according to university professor.
Fukushima Prefecture (top red circle) is where TEPCO nuclear power plants
exploded and melted down after the March 11, 2011, 9.1 magnitude earthquake and
tsunami. Fukushima, is 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures
(lower red circle), where ground radiation in September 2011 is five times
higher than what the Japanese government says, according to university professor.
September 30, 2011 Otsu-City, Shiga Prefecture, not far from Kyoto, Japan - Fukushima Prefecture (top red circle) where TEPCO nuclear power plants exploded and melted down after the March 11, 2011, magnitude 9.1 earthquake and giant tsunami east of Sendai. The distance from Fukushima southwest to Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures (lower red circle) is 500 kilometers (311 miles). Even with the 500-kilometer-distance from Fukushima, one concerned university professor in September 2011 near Kyoto is measuring ground radiation where he lives in Otsu-City, Shiga Prefecture, at around .4 microsieverts/hour. That is at least ten times higher than the 0.03 microsieverts/hour background level the Japanese government asserts. That misinformation, the professor says, is because the Japanese government is afraid to tell the truth.
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