Category Archives: Fukushima

Letter from a Fukushima mother

Posted on 16 January 2012 by

In May 2011, the New York Times reporter Hiroko Tabuchi was in Fukushima to report on a story about radiation levels at local schools. On that occasion he met Tomoko Hatsuzawa, a mother of two in Fukushima City, which gave … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima Catastrophe by The Numbers

Posted on 11 July 2011 by

Infographic by Credit Loan. Informations updated to May 18, 2011.

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1.000 mSv/h

Posted on 23 May 2011 by

A maximum of 1,000 mSv/h was detected the May 21, 2011, outdoors in debris around reactor building No. 1. The same day the radioactivity was 4,000 mSv/h indoors of the reactor building. The Fukushima nuclear accident occurred the March 11, … Continue reading →

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INES 7

Posted on 13 April 2011 by

On April 12, 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) estimated overall Fukushima Daiichi nuclear events as a level 7 accident on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), as reported on the IAEA’s web-site. The INES is an … Continue reading →

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