You can check the report about contaminated water issue in this site. http://www.meti.go.jp/english/earthquake/nuclear/decommissioning/index.html#cw
This TV documentary exposed us very shocking information.. We were thinking that radiation leakage happened within 4 days after the Tsunami hit when the plants were in the emergency condition, but actually 70 percentage of radiation leakage had been done in 2 weeks, that mean we were exposed to radiations for a long time.. <em>by…
I have been asked “Are you following Fukushima news?” from Dutch people in Amsterdam. Yes I do from time to time. The other hands I understand that it’s not so easy to keep your condition worrying Fukushima so faraway from the Netherlands. It is even difficult for me too…. I googled “Fukushima news”. https://www.google.nl/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=fukushima+news&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=4JXnU9QqhZf4BvL9gIAD You…
One of the main Japanese newspapers “Asahi” started a serial ” Yoshida testimony” , an interview about Fukushima disaster with Mr. Yoshida who was a plant manager of Fukushima Nuclear power plant when the accident happened. He passed away in July 2013 by his cancer. http://www.asahi.com/special/yoshida_report/ wiki: He was the plant manager during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…
After Ukedo we passed the checking point to enter the No Zero zone, Namie. A guard looked at my permission from the outside of the car. He looked young. I wondered if he has working there and not afraid for radiation. It was difficult to find the graveyard. I had to phone to my uncle…
I got permission with my friend to enter a No Zone Area, Namie in order to visit the grave of my grandmother. I used to live in Namie from 3 till 13 years old. We decided to pass by car Iitate (the café, Agri was there before the disaster.), South-Souma and Ukedo (a part of…
I went to see my uncle and ants in Iwaki city. My uncle had to evacuate for a few months. The radiation doses in Iwaki city were relatively law, although the city is 42 km away from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Now the radiation doses are 0.06-0.15uSV/hour. After the disaster about 24.000 people evacuated…
This amusement park is featured by several news papers in Japan, to consider the reuse of nuclear reactor. Actually the location is not so far from the Netherlands where we live, we can visit there once. Wunderland Kalkar is an amusement park in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, just north ofDüsseldorf. It is built on the former site of SNR-300, a…
This is 1 hour TV documentary broadcasted on 01/12/2013 from 9PM on National Television NHK. It explains well what ‘s going on now in Fukushima nuclear power plant, how difficult to solve the crisis.. 汚染水 ～福島第一原発 危機の真相～／NHKスペシャル NHK special (TV program) ~ Contaminated water in Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant ~ link:
My friend took me to a café, Agri in Fukushima city. The café was opened in Iidate Village 20 years ago (30-40km from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant). The family of the owner had to evacuate because of the nuclear disaster. In Iidate the owner has been a project member to revitalize the village. Iidate is…
I had worked in Fukushima University Hospital as a midwife from 1979 till 1989. For lunch I visited my friends as well as ex-colleagues, H. and Y.. H. lives very nice house in Watari area with her husband. Watari area used to have many hot spots. By implementing decontamination the radiation dose in air is much lower…
After walking in Tsuchiyu town I went to see the surrounding of the town. Nature was very beautiful there. At the end of the day I went to take a public bath. My friend and I met two local middle age women. One of them evacuated by nuclear disaster and was working at a farm to…
Tsuchiyu is a small own near Fukushima city. Kokeshi (wooden doll) making is well known as a folk art. They are very beautiful. The exhibition, Tsuchiyu Arafudo Art Annual 2013, was realized. (http://arafudo.net/en/) I could not find the reasons why this project was in Thuchiyu by the presented works, though a few works related directly to Tsuchiyu. Only…
The decontamination in Fukushima city almost all done, although it is difficult to complete. Asahi newspaper accused its corner-cuttings in June 2013. The place with much nature is more difficult to get better effect. There is a problem what you would like to do the decontaminated things, too. The nuclear disaster once happened and then…
