Thursday, March 31, 2011

Iitate village in the news

The International Atomic Energy Agency urged the reassessment of the situation in Iitate village after finding that radiation levels were above safe limits. This echos the calls from Greenpeace a few days ago.The IAEA head of nuclear safety and security, Denis Flory, stated that "The first assessment indicates that one of the IAEA operational criteria for evacuation is exceeded in Iitate village." The head of that Agency's Incident and Emergency Centre added that the megabecquerels per square metre were a ratio about two times higher than levels at which the IAEA recommends evacuations.

More extensive details of the issue can be seen in the Montreal Gazette report via http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/atomic+agency+pressures+Japan/4532680/story.html

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