This new development is quickly making the rounds here: By ELAINE KURTENBACH and SHINO YUASA, Associated Press – 28 mins ago TOKYO – Tap water in Tokyo tested two times above the limit for radioactive iodine considered safe for infants, officials said Wednesday amid … Continue reading →
I thought I might sleep a bit later today because I was up way past 3:00 am. But we seem to have non-stop earthquakes this morning – the last was a 5 on the Japanese scale of 7 in Ibaraki. … Continue reading →
The average yearly background radiation in Boston is 300 millirem, which is 3 millisieverts.(ref: http://tech.mit.edu/V113/N65/radchart.65n.html). This site – http://chottomatte.net/2011/03/16/tokyo-radiation-levels-daily-updates/ is reporting the daily radiation levels in Tokyo. Today’s Tokyo average radiation level, while higher than the Tokyo average, averaged about … Continue reading →
This is a very good, detailed summary from the Associate Press filed 40 minutes ago: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110322/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake There are definitely huge problems remaining, especially in Miyagi and in dealing with the Fukushima power plant. But note this extremely important section and, … Continue reading →