Building a Soup Can (KFM) Radiation Meter

Instructions in English and Japanese for making a simple KFM Radiation Meter from a soup can and tin foil.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0ByoWete4B3xtYmI3ZmUwYmEtZjM2ZS00MjkzLWJlNGQtZWU3NTczZDVmMWZl&hl=en&authkey=CPzd3Bk&pli=1

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Graduations Held at Evacuation Centers

Graduations Held at Evacuation Centers

What schools in the Tohoku region are doing about graduation ceremonies. Obstacles include the difficulty of gathering in one place as well as the lack of reliable information confirming that there is no health threat from radiation.

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Stable Iodine Prophylaxis: Recommendations

Recommendations for stable iodine prophylaxis from UK Health Protection Agency (original report by the National Radiological Protection Board NPRB) via British Embassy.

http://www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/Radiation/NPRBArchive/DocumentsOfTheNRPB/Absd1203/

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Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data

From The Guardian’s website Datablog

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/mar/18/japan-nuclear-power-plant-updates

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Concentration of radioactivity in water by prefecture

Information sourced from the Ministry of Education.

http://atmc.jp/water/

 

 

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RDTN.org – national radiation levels

Collated radiation data and level readings from various sources.

http://www.rdtn.org/

 

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This ongoing crisis has highlighted the need for trusted sources. With conflicting reports of radiation levels in affected areas, we wanted to build a way to report and see data in an unbiased format.

This site is not meant as a replacement for government nor official nuclear agencies. Our hope is that data sets from various sources can provide additional context to the official word in these rapidly changing events. We welcome your thoughts on how to improve the site/functionality and appreciate your work to provide a richer understanding of this crisis. We will continue to implement improvements and functionality as necessary.

If you are a member of a government agency or a scientist and would like to contribute data or analysis in an official capacity to this site, please contact us here: info@rdtn.org.

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Government Internet TV Emergency Channel – 緊急チャンネル 政府からの緊急情報

Fairly comprehensive video archive of Japanese Government press conferences and speeches.

All in Japanese, with signing and optional Japanese text subtitles.

http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/prg/prg4570.html?c=00

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ABCs of Japan’s Nuclear Reactor Disaster

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.

http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_risk/safety/clarifying-japans-nuclear-disaster.html

Filed under: Allaying Fears, Disaster Japan, Information Gathering, Nuclear Power Plants, Technical Information, Meltdown, Nuclear Disaster, Nuclear Reactor, Radiation, Radiation Fears, Radioactive Isotopes, radioactivity

Iodine-131 or Radioiodine

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.

Iodine-131

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Health Effects of Radiation – Paper by Tokyo University Hospital

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

www.u-tokyo-rad.jp

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