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May 1, 2014
AP: “This town is dead”… Locals
feel Fukushima plant could explode any minute; Yearly ‘safe’
radiation levels exceeded “in a matter of a few hours” — TV:
“Fukushima evacuees complain of health problems”; Nearly 70%
of households affected
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May 2, 2011
Official: Japanese gov’t withheld radiation forecasts
to prevent causing panic
Medical experts: Japan’s safety standards on radiation
levels for children are “unconscionable”
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3
May 3, 2011
EPA will no longer conduct radiation monitoring related
to Fukushima — Results have not been updated for almost a
week
May 3, 2013
Nuclear Safety Expert: “Many experts are extremely
concerned we could have additional releases” at Fukushima
plant — “Very, very unstable facility”
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5
May 5, 2014
Japan TV: ‘Endless fight’ against radiation — Levels in
home at 7,500% gov’t limit — ‘Shocking’ 62,700 Bq/kg of
cesium in mushrooms… “They just stared at the numbers” —
Retired Official: “This will taste great fried…When
decontamination finished it will be safe for people to
return”
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6
May 6, 2011
Crew members on Justin Bieber’s tour refuse go to Japan
for upcoming shows in Tokyo, Osaka because of radiation —
Manager says to “man the f*** up”
May 6, 2014
“Nuclear fuel fragments” from Fukushima found in Europe
— 10,000+ kilometers from reactors — Study: Plume “directly
from N. America” — Hot particles a “significant part”
radioactive releases — Quickly spread over entire hemisphere
— Film shows core material on Norway air filter
May 6, 2013
Study: Vast area of 60 million people contaminated from
Fukushima disaster
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May 8, 2012
Nuclear Professor: 5,000 Hiroshima bombs worth of
cesium-137 in spent fuel pool No. 4 — “Low estimate”
May 8, 2013
Hospital Official in Fukushima: “Extremely scary data”
— Stroke rate spiking in people ages 35 to 64 — 3.4 times
higher than before
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9
May 9, 2012
Head of Tokyo-area Medical Clinic: “Risk from internal
exposure is 200-600 times greater than risk from external
exposure”
Kyodo: More than 25 Koriyama schools with high radiation
areas — At least 19 nursery and elementary schools affected
— 60km from Fukushima Daiichi
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10
May 10, 2013
‘Emergency decontamination’ needed in places used by
Fukushima kids — Highly radioactive material accumulating —
City Official: Many times higher than previous record for
urban areas
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11
May 11, 2011
Watchdog: Inexplicable that EPA shut down Fukushima
radiation monitoring after finding high levels of radiation
in drinking water
May 11, 2012
Kyoto Professor: 20,000 square kilometers would be
evacuated if Japan followed law on “illegal” radioactive
waste — 20 times larger than no-go zone
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12
May 12, 2011
High radiation beyond evacuation zone — Kyoto nuclear
professor surprised by extent of contamination and the vast
area it covers
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14
May 14, 2012
Young girl covered in mud during decontamination effort
in former Fukushima evacuation zone — Ban on entering area
lifted only last month
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15
May 15, 2012
Watch: Mystery black substance detected in Japan with
extreme radioactivity levels — Over 170,000 CPM
Japan Physicians: 1 million will develop cancer and die
from Fukushima radiation, using expert’s figures
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16
May 16, 2011
Report: Obama administration urged Japan Prime
Minister’s government “to take steps to prevent a further
decline in Tepco stock”
May 16, 2012
Tokyo Newspaper: 6 in 10 Fukushima children tested have
diabetes — Head of Tokyo-area Medical Clinic: We are
expecting diabetes in children from Fukushima radiation
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17
May 17, 2011
Nearly 3,000 evacuees rushed to hospital by ambulance —
From shelters in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi
May 17, 2013
ZDF Bureau Chief: Very high radioactive dose of 65
microsieverts per hour in Fukushima City — “Informed
officials 3 month ago, nothing happened until today!” — Many
children pass by everyday
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18
May 18, 2012
More children who evacuated Fukushima found with
thyroid abnormalities
May 18, 2013
Japan Times: Radiation level in Fukushima town 400
times higher than in Tokyo — 10 kilometers from Daiichi
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19
May 19, 2013
Rice planted 10 miles from Fukushima Daiichi — Residents
can’t stay in town overnight — “Intended for sale”
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20
May 20, 2012
Report from Fukushima: ‘Total levels of radiation are
not decreasing at all’ — Japan gov’t ‘does nothing’ —
‘Individuals are left to deal with the problem’
Trillions of becquerels per day still being emitted from
Fukushima Daiichi — Radioactive steam continues
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May 21, 2013
AP: Radiation levels outside Fukushima “exceeded the
annual limit for nuclear workers” — Residents now demanding
help
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May 22, 2011
Over one thousand nuclear workers have internal
radiation of 10,000+ cpm after visiting Fukushima
Nearly 5,000 nuke plant workers suffering internal
radiation exposure after ‘visiting’ Fukushima — Local gov’t
to consider testing residents
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May 23, 2011
70,000 more “must evacuate around Fukushima” —
Contamination up to several million Bq/m2
UN committee chairman studying Fukushima radiation
impact: “We wouldn’t expect to see health effects” in
children, workers, or anyone else
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May 24, 2011
Time.com: Report about “Triple Meltdown” says it’s
“not-great-but-not-apocalyptic news du jour”
May 24, 2012
Nakate: Big change in number of child deaths in
Fukushima due to illnesses after July 2011 — Death from
cardiovascular disease doubled — Cancer and leukemia also
increased
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May 25, 2012
Mayor: “We are definitely suffering from radiation
exposure in our bodies” and want health care — Just 2% of
Fukushima residents have had radiation testing by gov’t
Asahi: ‘Major problems’ with radiation testing for
children
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May 26, 2011
Huge Outcry Erupting: Gov’t is leaving Fukushima to
suffer and perish — Impossible to evacuate Fukushima City,
home to 300,000
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May 27, 2011
Ozawa: We may not be able to live in Japan someday —
Radiation is going to be flowing out for a long period of
time
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28
May 28, 2012
NYTimes: Fukushima Daiichi pushed Japan to brink of
evacuating metropolitan Tokyo’s 30 million residents and
national collapse, says former Prime Minister
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May 29, 2013
TV Interview with Fukushima Resident: Coughing blood,
stinging sensation on skin after explosions — “Very peculiar
smell”
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May 30, 2011
TEPCO official admits there will be “major delay” to
contain crisis because of triple meltdown — Stabilizing
reactors by start of 2012 may be “impossible”
Fukushima risks Chernobyl ‘Dead Zone’ — Over 5,000,000
becquerels per square meter of Cesium-137 outside 20 km zone
May 30, 2012
Cyanobacteria and alpha radiation detected 350km from
Fukushima Daiichi (
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May 31, 2013
UN: “Fukushima nuclear disaster poses no IMMEDIATE
health risks” — Unknown if increase in thyroid cancer is due
to radioactivity
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Notes:
May 2014 Update:
Two Manga Comics feature Fukushima Theme
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