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nuclear polluted water in Japan: the radioactivity emitted

Fukushima has already released one-tenth of the radioactivity released at Chernobyl

Publication Date: 22/03 / 2011
Source: Ecoticias
Country / Region : Japan

Gradually they get to know more about the scope of nuclear accident in central Fukushima, despite the secrecy of the Japanese Government and the lamentable efforts to conceal and minimize their severity by the nuclear lobby.
An accident is already recognized as more severe than occurred in the Three Mile Island plant in Harrisburg, USA, in 1979, which until now held the dubious honor of being the second worst after of the Chernobyl disaster.
In Spain, it is regrettable to hear statements of certain persons connected with the nuclear industry totally lacking in rigor as the amount of radioactivity that was issued in this accident is minimal or radioactivity in any case this will have effects perceptible health.
in France (a country whose government is not suspected of anti-nuclear), the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety has estimated that the radioactivity released so far by the stricken nuclear power plant in Fukushima attains a tenth of the emitted during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It is estimated that it was released to the environment an amount of radioactivity equivalent to more than 200 times that released in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
last few days have been released by the Japanese Health Ministry of radiation levels in the prefectures of Fukushima (Where the nuclear accident) and Ibaragi are above safety standards. In turn, the government spokesman Yukio Edan, has confirmed that detected levels of radioactive iodine-131 above those allowed in the milk of four places in the prefecture of Fukushima and spinach and other vegetables in Ibaragi. Milk and other food products from these areas may not be sold to the public.
has also been recognized by the Nipponese authorities that it has detected the presence of radioactive iodine-131 in drinking water of Tokyo (more than 8 million inhabitants) and part of its metropolitan area (where more 35 million people), even at low levels.
Surely we will learn more details soon. Obviously, any amount of radiation released into the atmosphere threatens the health of people, even in remote areas. Fukushima's accident will undoubtedly have a negative impact on public health and the environment. Soon we will know what has been happening to workers in the plant (a good number of them have received high doses of radiation and had to be hospitalized), but most of the health consequences are known medium and long term as science has proven in the case of Chernobyl or Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The situation in central Fukushima seems to have improved in recent days, but today Monday 21 March, is still far from being controlled. What is already clear is that the central Fukushima clearly failed system of "multiple barriers" designed by the nuclear industry to isolate the environmental radioactivity in case of accident.


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