Japan expands evacuation area over radiation accumulation Apr 22, 2011, 6:00 GMT

[nadinbrzezinski]

Tokyo - The Japanese government on Friday expanded its evacuation zone beyond 20 kilometres around the stricken north-eastern nuclear power plant because of accumulating radiation.

Residents of Iitate, Katsurao, Namie and parts of Minami Soma and Kawamata, all in Fukushima prefecture, were ordered to leave the area within a month because the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was expected to last a long time.

The plant was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, leading to fires, explosions and radiation leaks.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1634576.php/Japan-expands-evacuation-area-over-radiation-accumulation

And yes, the exclusion zone will grow...

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Basically what they're doing is making the 30km zone a forced evacuation zone

Iitate is just outside of that zone, but has the bad fortune of currently being downwind from the reactors.
As I've said before, it's the people of Fukushima who will be paying the highest price for this flustercluck.

[PearliePoo2]

2. nadinbrzezinski says:

And yes, the exclusion zone will grow...
Why do you say that?
1. Are they increasing it incrementally to keep the startle/panic factor to a minimum?
2. Or because the radiation is spreading out?
3. All of the above.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Becuase of Chernobyl

that is why.

They are following Chernobyl in that sense to a fault.

It already did, the one declared early thursday was just 20 kim... not it is 30 km. Chernobyl also grew as they found hot spots

[Art_from_Ark]

14. They are increasing it because the wind has changed

It's now blowing from the reactors toward those affected areas. It is basically the northern and northwestern parts of the 30km zone, as well as a village just outside of that zone.

[robdogbucky]

4. Harder and harder for the rest of the world to learn what the facts are:

Japanese government censors Fukushima reports that contradict official story
Friday, April 22, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Censorship of the truth about what is really going on at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility has been taken to a whole new level of corruption. According to a recent report from the Shingetsu News Agency, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIAC), in conjunction with the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), has established a special project team to crack down on independent and freelance news agencies that criticize or otherwise scrutinize the official Japanese government position concerning Fukushima.

The Japanese government appears to be working closely with both the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the nation's mainstream media outlets to maintain the facade that everything is just fine, and that the nuclear meltdown situation is largely mitigated and under control. But recent prodding and questioning by certain media sources outside this "good ol' boys" club have struck a nerve with authorities, sparking the new crackdown on those who oppose the official story. Authorities say such scrutiny is a threat to national security.

For the most part, the mainstream Japanese media has been the only type of media invited to most of the press conferences concerning Fukushima. And the reporters who attend these events merely reiterate what TEPCO and others are saying about the situation, without asking any hard questions or investigating the situation. But the few press conferences at which independent and freelance reporters have been permitted to attend have been rife with the tough, hardball questions that nobody else has been asking -- and this has caused quite an upset.

"Freelance journalists and foreign media are pursuing the facts, even going into the radiation exclusion zone," explained Uesugi Takashi, an independent journalist that has been pushing the Japanese government to be more forthcoming with the truth about the situation. "However, surprisingly, the Japan government continues to prevent freelance journalists and overseas media from gaining access to official press conferences at the prime minister's house and government."


Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/032159_Japanese_government_Fukushima.html#ixzz1OsVm6wnr



Happy Friday Nadin!

[robdogbucky]

5. Fukushima evacuees face arrest if they return home

Fukushima evacuees face arrest if they return home
Japanese government declares 12-mile no-entry zone around nuclear plant, with residents facing arrest or fine if they go back

Tens of thousands of people who were evacuated from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant risk arrest if they return home, after the government declared the area a no-entry zone due to high radiation levels.

Under the order, which goes into effect at midnight local time, people living within a 12-mile (20km) radius of the atomic plant will be given up to two hours to enter the area to collect belongings...

...The 245 workers battling to stabilise Fukushima have fallen ill due to the harsh conditions inside the plant, experts warned. Some are suffering from insomnia, dehydration and high blood pressure, and risk developing depression or heart trouble, Takeshi Tanigawa, chairman of the public health department at Ehime University's medical school, told Associated Press...

...The government's chief spokesman, Yukio Edano, urged people living inside the no-entry zone to abide by the order for the sake of their health. "The plant is not stable," he told reporters. "We have been asking residents not to enter the area as there is a huge risk to their safety. We beg the understanding of residents..."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/21/japan-declares-fukushima-no-go-zone

[robdogbucky]

6. Tepco Fails to Get Assurance on Restarting Second Fukushima Nuclear Plant

By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Michio Nakayama - Apr 22, 2011 1:40 AM CT

Tokyo Electric Power Co., the company at the center of Japan’s nuclear disaster, failed to get an assurance from Fukushima prefecture’s governor that a second plant in the area can be restarted.

Tokyo Electric President Masataka Shimizu met Governor Yuhei Sato in the prefectural office in Fukushima city earlier today to apologize for the accident, said Katsuhiro Kiko, a spokesman at the local government. Shimizu, who was refused meetings with the governor on April 11 and March 22, outlined plans to bring the crisis under control.

Sato told reporters after the meeting that Tepco can’t restart nuclear power plants without safety guarantees, according to Kiko.

Tepco, as the company is called, is trying to contain radiation spewing from its Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant after a magnitude-9 quake on March 11 unleashed a tsunami that flooded the station, knocking out cooling systems. Its second plant in the prefecture was safely shut down in the disaster and accounts for about 7 percent of Tepco’s capacity...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-22/tepco-fails-to-get-assurance-on-restarting-second-fukushima-nuclear-plant.html

[blindpig]

7. Happy Earth Day! n/t

[malaise]

8. Pity this wasn't done from the beginning

as you suggested

Rec

[Gravel Democrat]

9. r+k less people joking about glowing milk these days

[grahamhgreen]

10. Obama needs to dump nukes - wind is cheaper, faster, and the cost of wind is always ZERO!

[PCIntern]

11. the bananas definitely should not be eaten...

and these people should avoid stone houses as well. You know, it's all about the same...oh yes: airline flights too!!

:sarcasm: of course...

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. RLOL

Thanks for the laugh... and you forgot CEMENT!

[Raschel]

12. Are they still pumping water into the ocean? Is it still going into the atmosphere?

What are the cumulative effects for the rest of the world?