Cesium Trout -- IT COOKS ITSELF(tm)!

[Taro Toporific]

Cesium in trout 110 times over limit
The Japan Times | Nov. 18, 2012
A mountain trout caught in the Niida River in Fukushima Prefecture contained 11,400 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, more than 110 times above the government limit for food products, a survey by the Environment Ministry...more...

[Marked Trail]

... mountain trout caught in the Niida River in Fukushima Prefecture contained 11,400 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, more than 110 times above the government limit...more...

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[matsuki]

....but it's a gaijin trout no? S'plains everything!

[Coligny]

Troutzillaaaaaa...

[matsuki]

I stand corrected...



Japanese native trouts are Iwana ( Japanese char ) and Yamame trout.

[Taro Toporific]

TEPCO, Japanese government denying Fukushima radiation reaching ocean fish
The Japan Daily Press /   by Adam Westlake  /   November 20, 2012 
...18 months after the March 2011 nuclear disaster, the U.S.’s Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a respected research group, reported that 40% of the fish caught off the coast of Fukushima were still testing positive for radioactive contamination above the government’s safety own limits.
Scientist Ken Buesseler of Woods Hole stated that while it was expected to still find some levels of contamination, 40% was far too high of a measurement after a year and a half had passed. He said there are only two explanations for radiation remaining in the food chain like this: either there is a source of radioactive cesium somewhere on the seafloor, or it is being discharged into the sea by contaminated groundwater from the Fukushima plant.
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[Coligny]

talk aboot denial...

[Mike Oxlong]

CROOKED CLEANUP (1): Radioactive waste dumped into rivers during decontamination work in Fukushima

Cleanup crews in Fukushima Prefecture have dumped soil and leaves contaminated with radioactive fallout into rivers. Water sprayed on contaminated buildings has been allowed to drain back into the environment. And supervisors have instructed workers to ignore rules on proper collection and disposal of the radioactive waste.

Decontamination is considered a crucial process in enabling thousands of evacuees to return to their homes around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and resume their normal lives.

But the decontamination work witnessed by a team of Asahi Shimbun reporters shows that contractual rules with the Environment Ministry have been regularly and blatantly ignored, and in some cases, could violate environmental laws.

"If the reports are true, it would be extremely regrettable," Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato said at his first news conference of the year on Jan. 4. "I hope everyone involved will clearly understand how important decontamination is to the people of Fukushima."

He called on the Environment Ministry to investigate and present a clear report to the prefectural government.

The shoddy practices may also raise questions about the decontamination program itself--and the huge amounts of money pumped into the program...

Continued at Asahi Shimbun (for a few days or weeks until it disappears)

[matsuki]

"We Japanese...wait WHAT?!!"

[Mike Oxlong]

CROOKED CLEANUP: Photos, videos show contractors lied in decontamination reports

Photos and videos taken by The Asahi Shimbun show that general contractors lied in their reports about shoddy decontamination work around the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The companies, which received lucrative contracts for the project, admitted to slipshod work in three cases. But it is clear that many other violations of the Environment Ministry’s rules have occurred.

The Asahi Shimbun carried a set of three photos on the front page of its morning edition on Jan. 4, when it broke the story about workers dumping potentially contaminated water and debris into the environment.

The photos show a man repeatedly kicking fallen leaves into a river in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 14. A pink line on his helmet indicates he is a site supervisor.

In its report submitted to the Environment Ministry, a group of companies responsible for decontaminating Tamura, including general contractor Kajima Corp., denied such acts.

According to the report, the supervisor acknowledged he was the person in the photos. But he said he was recovering a rake that had fallen in the river and never kicked leaves into the water.

The report contained two photos: one showing a rake that Kajima’s group said was retrieved from the river; the other showing company officials inspecting the site and re-enacting how the rake was recovered.

But The Asahi Shimbun captured the supervisor’s actions in a series of 27 photos. Those taken before and after the three photos carried in the newspaper show a rake had never fallen into the river and the supervisor moved to another site immediately after kicking the leaves into the river.

The photos were taken just after 11 a.m. The Asahi Shimbun reporter who took the photos observed the site until the day’s work ended around 4 p.m. The supervisor never recovered a rake.

Kajima’s group said the rake had slid down a slope into the river. But the slope was covered with thick branches and foliage, making it impossible for a rake to slide down.

A Kajima representative told The Asahi Shimbun on Jan. 16 that the group’s report is based on what the supervisor told its officials, and that the company believes his account...

Continues at Asahi Shimbun