centralized disaster information for non-Japanese speakers in Japan
March 22, 2011 • 11:13 pm 0
March 21, 2011 • 10:51 pm 0
March 21, 2011 • 9:07 pm 0
Here is a link to a clarification of a nuclear reactor disaster by the Union of Concerned Scientists.
It includes an explanation of a Partial Meltdown, a Complete Meltdown and of Radioactive Isotopes.
Filed under: Allaying Fears, Disaster Japan, Information Gathering, Nuclear Power Plants, Technical Information, Meltdown, Nuclear Disaster, Nuclear Reactor, Radiation, Radiation Fears, Radioactive Isotopes, radioactivity
March 21, 2011 • 8:58 pm 0
The radioactive isotopes of greatest concern in a nuclear power accident are iodine-131 and cesium-137.
Here is a link for an explanation of iodine-131 on Wikipedia.
Filed under: Allaying Fears, Disaster Japan, Information Gathering, Nuclear Power Plants, Technical Information, Iodine-131, nuclear power accident, Radiation Fears, radioactivity, Wikipedia
March 21, 2011 • 8:31 pm 0
Here is the link for a paper published by the Tokyo University Hospital on radiation health effects in English.
http://www.u-tokyo-rad.jp/data/toudaienglishvol3.pdf
Filed under: Allaying Fears, Disaster Japan, Facebook, Information Gathering, Nuclear Power Plants, Technical Information, English Sources, Health, Health Effects, Nuclear Education, Nuclear Meltdown, Nuclear Power Plant Crisis, Radiation, Radiation Fears, Tokyo University Hospital
March 21, 2011 • 12:00 pm 0
Here is a cute little video to help explain the nuclear reactor problem to kids. Its in Japanese, with English subtitles. Warning: some of the language may be offensive to toilet-language sensitive pepople
Filed under: Allaying Fears, Children, Disaster Japan, Education and Advice, Fukushima 福島, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, March 12, 2011, Nuclear Power Plants, Videos, Education, Fallout, Fukushima Daiichi, Nuclear Education, Nuclear Power Plant Crisis, Radiation
March 21, 2011 • 11:33 am 0
March 21, 2011 • 11:26 am 0
Strong demand by one of Japan’s most famous non-Japanese celebrities to stop spreading fear and false information about what is happening in Japan.
Filed under: Allaying Fears, Current Information, Education and Advice, News Sources, Videos, Crisis Information, Education, hysteria, Nuclear Education, Radiation, Science of Nuclear Power Plants, Videos
March 21, 2011 • 11:17 am 0
An antidote to the fear-mongering about the dangers of radiation, in graphic form
Japanese language version here.
http://twitpic.com/4bjg51/full
Filed under: Allaying Fears, Current Information, Education and Advice, Nuclear Power Plants, Technical Information, Crisis Information, Education, Fallout, hysteria, Nuclear Education, Radiation, Radiation Fears, Science of Nuclear Power Plants
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