http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvIhzKlDLgo This video was presented at the Institute for Strategic Leadership‘s “Carry On Fukushima” program in Tokyo on 7/21/11. It includes voices from food producers in the area around the still-leaking Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: Ohashi may need to look outside Fukushima now for organic suppliers for his bread. He says we need to learn to…
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Report by a Safecast Volunteer Ms. S.H. in Fukushima City
[This is a guest report by a volunteer in Fukushima City.] Fukushima City is still exposed to low-dose radiation and many people are living in anxiety. Since the nuclear disaster occurred, Fukushima City has been left exposed to radiation with no protection measures for a long period of time. Since the accident, all we had…
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Japan Government monitoring of Twitter and personal blogs
Since March 11, 2011 it has been frequently reported that YouTube videos containing footage or comments unfavorable to Tepco or the Japanese government have been removed within several hours of their posting. Examples of offending YouTube videos include excerpts of TV shows with controversial comments, footage showing smoke emitted from the nuclear reactors, an ex-Tepco…
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Safecasting Fleet
If you’ve been following along so far you know we’ve been doing all kinds of mobile Safecasting with our bGeigie devices. We’re usually showing you the readings and measurements, but thought it might be interesting to see a little bit of behind the… er… geiger counter. In the below photos you’ll our bGeigie mounted on…
Hikone measuring
After three weeks monitoring every day and reporting nearly every day, we have to conclude that measuring radiation in Hikone, although only 60km from Tsuruga (where there are 5 nuclear power-plants), is more like taking temperature of a not-sick child. Let’s hope it will stay this way. About two weeks ago, we were standing ready…
Yoshizawa defies government order to kill his 300 irradiated cows: Uncanny Terrain video
[This is a guest written article, views expressed are the authors alone and may not be endorsed by Safecast] Uncanny Terrain: Yoshizawa’s ranch is 14km downwind from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The government ordered him to kill his 300 cows. Most of his neighbors’ animals are gone, but some have been released and…
Cesium 134 and 137 in Tokyo rooftop dust
[This is a guest written article, views expressed are the authors alone and may not be endorsed by Safecast] This is a gamma spectrum of dust wiped from a Tokyo rooftop. The detector is located at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Physics Department. The results are estimates because of the low weight of dust in the sample.…
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Volunteer report: Safecasting Miyagi by Rob Kneller
[This is a guest written article, views expressed are the authors alone and may not be endorsed by Safecast] This is a guest post by Bob Kneller JD, MD, MPH who is working at the University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology. Bob took the bGeigie system when he drove up end May…
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Measuring hot particles from air filters
[This is a guest written article, views expressed are the authors alone and may not be endorsed by Safecast] In the last month we have received 22 vehicle air filters from safecasters. These came from vehicles used primarily in Fukushima City, Tokyo, and Iwaki. The Fukushima City filters had total radiation levels that averaged about…
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