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October 28, 2011

Study: Radioactive Release in Japan Twice as Large as Estimated 
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A new report out of Japan has found the Fukushima nuclear disaster
released twice as much radioactive Cesium-137 into the atmosphere as
Japanese authorities estimated. The Norwegian Institute for Air Research
says the amount released was about 42 percent of the total from
Chernobyl — the world's worst nuclear disaster. The study said about a
fifth of the Cesium fell on land in Japan, while most of the rest fell
into the Pacific Ocean. Meanwhile 100 women from Fukushima have begun a
three-day sit-in outside the Tokyo office of Japan’s Ministry of
Economy calling for the evacuation of children from areas with high
radiation levels and the closing of nuclear power plants in Japan.



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