Watch: Concern Japan gov’t is manipulating radiation readings – Levels nearby much higher than some monitoring posts indicate (VIDEO)

Published: October 23rd, 2012 at 3:40 pm ET By ENENews

 

Follow-up to: Asahi Interview: Official radiation measurements are wrong -- Contaminated soil removed near monitoring post -- Radioactivity now many times lower

Title: False hope: radiation monitoring in the Fukushima area
Source: Greenpeace International
Author: Greg McNevin
Date: Oct 23, 2012

[...] Earlier this month The Association for Citizens and Scientists Concerned About Internal Radiation Exposures raised concerns that the Japanese government was manipulating radiation readings with these official monitoring stations.

The story was familiar to us, as in March this year, while conducting radiation checks in a park in the suburb of Watari, we came across a newly installed official radiation monitoring post [...] as soon as you stepped off the cleaned area the levels of contamination rose sharply, and remained much higher throughout the park – with the exception of around the official monitoring post itself. [...]

Between October 16 and 19, Greenpeace checked 40 monitoring posts throughout Fukushima city. For 75% of them, the radiation readings close to the posts were lower than readings for their immediate surroundings. Contamination levels within 25 metres of the posts were up to six times higher than at the posts themselves. [...]

“We have found that in general the government monitoring stations do not give a reliable indication of radiation risks” -Greenpeace radiation expert

Video regarding discrepancies in radiation dose levels nearby monitoring stations here

Published: October 23rd, 2012 at 3:40 pm ET By ENENews