Yomiuri Shinbun (11/13/2012) reports that the radiation monitoring posts in Fukushima have been the targets of citizens' anger for some time.
As I posted last week, these monitoring posts display lower-than-actual numbers because the lead batteries are placed conveniently or inconveniently so that they block the radiation to the sensors. Step away from these monitors and measure locations with turf or dirt that hasn't been replaced, and the radiation levels could easily be 20, 30% higher, as many (including Professor Hayakawa in Koriyama City) have discovered.
FNN News reports it will cost the national government 150 million yen to fix the problem. As if the government has money.
Photo in the Yomiuri article: Monitor in Motomiya City, Fukushima, with solar panel damaged:
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5 comments:
Better the goverment buys survey meters and lends them to citizens...
@ poster above, well they wont do that , the government want to cover everything up as much as possible , we are dealing with a criminally insane government here remember that.
The locals should bury these things in decontamination debris then they might get an accurate reading.
"Better the goverment buys survey meters and lends them to citizens..."
The citizens don't need them many have bought their own devices this is how they know the government survey devices are reading low. In any event I don't think I would trust government issued devices remember they fired the original survey company because the numbers were "too high". I think this throws Japan's entire radiation monitoring program into question. Who's to say they don't discount children's dosimeter readings if they feel the readings are "too high".
The locals should LEAVE so they don't die.
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