Radiation soil tests from 150 sites in the Tokyo metropolitan area finds Cesium radiation up to levels limits nearly twice the Chernobyl dead zone evacuation limit of 500,000 Bq/Sq meter.
An anonymous tip pointed me over to the Radiation Defense Project which has ran radiation tests on 150 soil samples.
Our Nationwide Soil Testing Project has begun!
As our first work of our Nationwide Soil Testing Project, we tested soil samples from 150 areas in the Tokyo metropolitan area. This project is the first unified investigation on the diffusion of radioactive particles in the metropolitan area including Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Ibaraki prefectures, whereas the national and local governments are separately performing their investigations.
Local participants of this project collected soil samples from their preferred locations, and sent them to the same laboratory to test radioactive particles (Iodine-131, Cesium-134, and Cesium-137.) As a result, we discovered that the radioactive fallout in the metropolitan area was quite significant. Some of the extremely high numbers show that there are severely contaminated “hotspots” within the city.
We would be continuing our soil testing project on a nationwide level, to then bring actual ideas and actions to prevent the various effects of radiation.
Nationwide Soil Testing Project(PDF)
Nationwide Soil Testing Project Map(PDF)Source: Radiation Defense Project
Reviewing the map of the radiation tests shows that radiation is being detected in the soil across the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Tokyo Metropolitan Radiation Soil Testing Map Shows Radioactive Contamination Across The Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
The results of the test show that both radioactive Cesium and Iodine radiation is being detected across Tokyo. The Iodine radiation, with the short 8 day half-life, indicates that fresh radiation produced by an ongoing nuclear meltdown from the Kagoshima nuclear power plant is being transported into the city from over 200 kilometers away.
The highest level detected was in the Tokyo Metropolitan area of Saitama with cesium radiation levels being detected at 919,000 becquerels per square meter. For reference, that level is almost twice as high as the Chernobyl permanent dead zone evacuation limit of 500,000 becquerels per square meter.
Here are the results of the radiation tests taken from the soil samples from within Tokyo City itself (think Manhattan in New York City) and surrounding Tokyo metropolitan prefectures –Ibarki, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa — (Think the surrounding boroughs in New York City – Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx).
Tokyo Metropolitan Radiation Soil Testing Page 1 – Tokyo City Results
Tokyo Metropolitan Radiation Soil Testing Page 2 – Tokyo City And Chiba Results
Tokyo Metropolitan Radiation Soil Testing Page 3 – Chiba, Saitama, And Kanagawa Results
Tokyo Metropolitan Radiation Soil Testing Page 4 – Kanagawa, Ibaraki, And Other Results Including Within Tokyo City
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