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Speaker Akiko Yoshida with Friends of the Earth - Tokyo spoke in Chicago December 1, 2012 at the Anti-Nulcear conference: A Mountain of Waste 70 years high: Ending the Nuclear Age.
Schedule of events: neis.org/wp-content/uploads/SCHEDULE-10-A-Mountain-of-Waste-70-Years-High-schedule-2.pdf
neis.org/2012/10/mountain-2012
Additional info here: nuclear-news.net/2012/12/02/fukushima-appeal-70-years-high-conference-in-chicago-with-summary-video where you can find a Summary of the main points discussed.
At approx 30 minutes, The audio is really bad for the first minute and a half when she beings showing her Japanese video, but restores after that. I edited out the Japanese portion to make the video flow better. After that, she takes questions from the audience.
Akiko talks of the children of fukushima being allowed to have 20 millisieverts/year and draws attention to the protest movement. This allowance was for children in the school.
The parents of the children were angry and protested.
On the 23 may 2011. Hundreds of parents surrounded the MEXT government offices demanding a lowering of this limit.They had more than 50 thousands of signatures to deliver.
The diet conceded and rolled back the limit to 1 millisievert/year. Though this target has not been met.
European doses are 1 milisieverts/year and nuclear workers are allowed 5 millisieverts/year.. the Japanese levels were shown to be too high.
Looking at the contamination evacuation levels in the Chernobyl disaster zone, 5 millisieverts/year was the mandatory evacuation level with 1 millisievert/year being a "right of resettlement" level as well.
Some small areas have been designated evacuation areas but the way the Japanese government assessed the terrain left many still in contaminated areas exceeding the 20 millisievert/year dose allowance. Residents of theses contaminated areas are not going to get compensation. Children have been returning to these areas.
Concerning the worst hit mandatory evacuation area there are 100,000 people affected. Their compensation comes to 1,250 dollars US a month with no payments given to anyone outside the most stricken area. by December 2011, the effect of the protests the area was expanded
The larger expanded compensation scheme area received a one of payment of about 1,000 US dollars with about 5000 US dollars per child. The costs of the childrens and mothers voluntary evacuation soon used this payment up and forced mothers and children to return to these areas.
There were many children also voluntarily evacuated from areas outside of the evacuation zone. The cost being carried by the parents.
The issue of excluding "hot spot" contamination from the official measured average is mentioned and some footage from the presented footage from Fukushima shows very high levels above the governments measured levels. These hot spots are found all over the non-evacuation zone as well.
FOE and other NGO`s are demanding a re-think of the compensation scheme and an expansion of the evacuation area to reflect actual contamination and not a line drawn on a map using inaccurate data.
The pressure on families concerning financial ties to their home and the health of their children is a constant strain that threatens to break up families.
The residents demands to the Japanese diet and local officials are; Repeal the 20 millisievert/year standard
Continue reading the article in full here:
nuclear-news.net/2012/12/02/fukushima-appeal-70-years-high-conference-in-chicago-with-summary-video
*****Note, I edited out about 12 minutes of pauses and Japanese Translation to make the video flow more smoothly*****
Speaker Akiko Yoshida with Friends of the Earth - Tokyo spoke in Chicago December 1, 2012 at the Anti-Nulcear conference: A Mountain of Waste 70 years high: Ending the Nuclear Age.
Schedule of events: neis.org/wp-content/uploads/SCHEDULE-10-A-Mountain-of-Waste-70-Years-High-schedule-2.pdf
neis.org/2012/10/mountain-2012
Additional info here: nuclear-news.net/2012/12/02/fukushima-appeal-70-years-high-conference-in-chicago-with-summary-video where you can find a Summary of the main points discussed.
At approx 30 minutes, The audio is really bad for the first minute and a half when she beings showing her Japanese video, but restores after that. I edited out the Japanese portion to make the video flow better. After that, she takes questions from the audience.
Akiko talks of the children of fukushima being allowed to have 20 millisieverts/year and draws attention to the protest movement. This allowance was for children in the school.
The parents of the children were angry and protested.
On the 23 may 2011. Hundreds of parents surrounded the MEXT government offices demanding a lowering of this limit.They had more than 50 thousands of signatures to deliver.
The diet conceded and rolled back the limit to 1 millisievert/year. Though this target has not been met.
European doses are 1 milisieverts/year and nuclear workers are allowed 5 millisieverts/year.. the Japanese levels were shown to be too high.
Looking at the contamination evacuation levels in the Chernobyl disaster zone, 5 millisieverts/year was the mandatory evacuation level with 1 millisievert/year being a "right of resettlement" level as well.
Some small areas have been designated evacuation areas but the way the Japanese government assessed the terrain left many still in contaminated areas exceeding the 20 millisievert/year dose allowance. Residents of theses contaminated areas are not going to get compensation. Children have been returning to these areas.
Concerning the worst hit mandatory evacuation area there are 100,000 people affected. Their compensation comes to 1,250 dollars US a month with no payments given to anyone outside the most stricken area. by December 2011, the effect of the protests the area was expanded
The larger expanded compensation scheme area received a one of payment of about 1,000 US dollars with about 5000 US dollars per child. The costs of the childrens and mothers voluntary evacuation soon used this payment up and forced mothers and children to return to these areas.
There were many children also voluntarily evacuated from areas outside of the evacuation zone. The cost being carried by the parents.
The issue of excluding "hot spot" contamination from the official measured average is mentioned and some footage from the presented footage from Fukushima shows very high levels above the governments measured levels. These hot spots are found all over the non-evacuation zone as well.
FOE and other NGO`s are demanding a re-think of the compensation scheme and an expansion of the evacuation area to reflect actual contamination and not a line drawn on a map using inaccurate data.
The pressure on families concerning financial ties to their home and the health of their children is a constant strain that threatens to break up families.
The residents demands to the Japanese diet and local officials are; Repeal the 20 millisievert/year standard
Continue reading the article in full here:
nuclear-news.net/2012/12/02/fukushima-appeal-70-years-high-conference-in-chicago-with-summary-video
*****Note, I edited out about 12 minutes of pauses and Japanese Translation to make the video flow more smoothly*****
