Fukushima Daiichi
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Knowing of what I post (no, I’m not in Japan, but me knows me some nuke)…
Gov’t eyes radiation dose limit for Fukushima debris removers (emphasis mine)
A government task force on the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi complex is considering the dose limit for workers dealing with contaminated rubble, and possibly toxic water and soil, at 20 millisieverts per year…
But it is uncertain whether the new measure will work because the number of dosimeters is likely to be limited…For workers removing disaster rubble in other prefectures, the limit will likely be set at 1 millisievert, same as that for the general public, the sources said.
2 nuclear plant workers exceed radiation limit; more being tested (emphasis mine)
“Monitoring of internal exposures has been slow. I’m afraid we’ll see more people exceeding 250 millisieverts,” Goshi Hosono, director of the government’s crisis management taskforce, urging TEPCO to speed up monitoring of workers’ health and take appopriate steps.
Soon after the tsunami damaged the plant, the government raised the limit for men to 250 millisieverts from the earlier 100 millisieverts so workers could tackle the emergency.
Heavy rain may cause toxic water to overflow outside Fukushima plant (emphasis mine)
Even if there is no rain, the contaminated water may start overflowing to the outside June 20 at the earliest as coolant water for troubled reactors is believed to be seeping through the outer buildings, the officials said, adding that the combined amount of radiation in the tainted water is estimated to be 720,000 terabecquerels.
(the original story does not mention the total volume of the water, but that’s going to be really hot)
Gov’t bans shipment of tea leaves in 4 prefectures
The government banned on Thursday the shipment of green tea leaves grown in four prefectures in eastern Japan after samples were found contaminated with radioactive cesium above the permitted level.
(again the story does not quantify the amount of Cs, I’m assuming mostly -137, but not a good sign)
And on a personal note, I must now add that the GE BWR design, or any commercial BWR design I saw while I was going to school and working in the field, was P-poor.
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