'Not True': Moscow Authorities Deny Reports of Spike in Radiation Levels The spike in radiation levels was earlier reported by a local lawmaker citing data from a measurement device installed near one of the landfills.
Moscow’s branch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations has denied earlier reports of background radiation levels spiking in the city's south-eastern territorial division, calling them "not true" and assuring on 10 February that radiation had not exceeded the normal threshold. The state company Radon, monitoring radioactivity levels and carrying out the disposal of radioactive materials in Russia, explained that the reports were caused by the faulty operation of new measurement hardware that was running in test mode and thus could have provided incorrect data.
"[The new device] was installed alongside the old one, which didn’t detect a spike in radioactivity levels. It's just a hardware malfunction", the head of Radon, Alexey Luzhetsky, explained.
Earlier, a lawmaker for Moscow's south-eastern territorial division reported a spike in radiation levels on social media, accompanying the post with a video allegedly filmed by a Radon employee. The footage showed the radioactivity meter displaying 18.06 microsieverts (μSv) for several seconds at around 5:35 GMT and then returning to the normal level of 0.08 μSv. Currently, Radon’s measurements show 0.13 μSv in south-eastern Moscow.
The news comes as the city's authorities are about to start decontamination procedures at a nearby landfill that was found to contain radioactive waste. While it was not deemed dangerous to the public health, it prevented the construction of a road that was supposed to pass above the landfill, which was used over half a century ago by a nearby factory.
狂牛病類似の症状を示す鹿の病気が米国24州に広がる 北米の放射性物質汚染は激しい Chronic wasting disease (CWD) renders its victims uncoordinated, confused and aggressive, while also causing them to lose weight and – eventually – their lives, giving rise to the nickname “zombie deer disease.” Sick animals walk in repetitive patterns and lose all fear of humans, developing a vacant stare. うわっ、一致している!
RT2018/10/8 2 runners die after crossing finish line in Cardiff half-marathon Two male runners, aged 25 and 32, have died unexpectedly just after completing the Cardiff Half Marathon. Each suffered a cardiac arrest and emergency services at the scene failed to resuscitate them.
Covering a distance of 13.1 miles proved to have a tragic outcome for two young men, who unexpectedly collapsed at the finish line of what is the UK’s the second-biggest half marathon. An ambulance was immediately called in to assist the two unfortunate runners, after they fainted in front of the large crowd of spectators. The medics, however, failed to resuscitate the runners, one of whom reportedly collapsed in front of his wife and one-year-old child.
“It is with deep regret the Cardiff Half Marathon ... have to announce that two runners in this year’s event have died after suffering cardiac arrests at the finish line,” organizers of Run 4 Wales competition said in a statement. “Both runners were immediately attended to by the medical emergency team on the finish line. Both were then taken to University Hospital Wales, Heath, Cardiff where they later died.”
The half-marathon race, with over 20,000 participants, began at 10:00 am with thermometers reading around 13 degrees centigrade. Conducted on a predominately flat course, the participants ran via the Wales Millennium Centre, the Cardiff Bay Barrage as well as Roath Park, passing through the Welsh capital’s most iconic landmarks before reaching the finish line, where tragedy struck. Sunday's event marked the race’s first fatalities in its 15-year history. Since 2012, some 115,000 have taken part in the competition.
RT2018/9/5 Tokyo admits 1st death from Fukushima radiation exposure The Japanese authorities have acknowledged for the first time that a man died from cancer resulting from acute radiation poisoning at the Fukushima nuclear plant that went into meltdown following an earthquake back in 2011.
A Japanese man in his 50s, who previously worked at the crippled Fukushima power plant, has recently died of a lung cancer. Japan’s Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry then acknowledged that his death was in fact triggered by a radiation poisoning and recognized his family as eligible for compensation in the first such case since the disaster.
According to the ministry, the diseased worked mainly at the Fukushima plant, which was hit by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 as well as at some other nuclear power station for more than 28 years until 2015. Notably, he was in charge of measuring radiation levels at the plant and its premises immediately after the incident, the Japanese media report.
It is said he was exposed to a total radiation dose of some 195 millisieverts – a dose that is about 4 times higher than the one that leads to a serious risk of developing cancer.
So far, the ministry also admitted that a total of four Fukushima plant workers developed various types of cancer, including leukemia and thyroid cancer, triggered by radiation poisoning. However, this was the first case involving death.
On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, unleashing a deadly tsunami. The disaster caused meltdown of three out of six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant. More than 160,000 people were forced from their homes after the catastrophe.
Japan saw rising death rates among the evacuees but the issue was attributed to the chaos of evacuations and mental traumas. Meanwhile, decontamination works at the crippled plant continue as the power station operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) says that it might take as long as four decades to fully decommission the site.
In mid-August, the UN raised alarm over what it called “exploitation” of the homeless and migrant workers during the Fukushima clean-up works. The Radiation Worker Central Registration Centre of Japan showed that up to 76,951 decontamination workers were hired between 2011 and 2016. The UN said, citing some “detailed reports”, that people were granted decontamination contracts without relevant work experience. About 5,000 people on average continue to work at the Fukushima plant per day, according to the Japanese NHK broadcaster.
lemonde 2018/9/5 Le Japon reconnaît pour la première fois que la mort d’un employé de Fukushima est due aux radiations
Le ministère de la santé, du travail et de la sécurité sociale a décrété que des indemnités devraient être versées à la famille de cet employé mort d’un cancer du poumon.
Lady Gaga says Japan safe for tourists AFP news agency 2011/06/23 に公開 An emotional Lady Gaga pledged on Thursday to use her star power to "remind the world that Japan is safe" following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. Duration: 00:57