Rotary International 2530district community service committee

The Earthquake, Nuclear Accident, and the Women of Fukushima

Results of the 8th Fukushima Prefecture Radiation Monitoring Mesh Survey
(Conducted between May 13th and June 10th of 2015) A Map of the Space dose Rate of Fukushima Prefecture Based on the Results of the 8th Fukushima Prefecture Radiation Monitoring Mesh Survey 　In the first survey conducted, 80.8% of the area was recorded at more than 0.2μSv/h. However, in the 8th survey, that area had been reduced to 20.7%. In the case of the number of measurement points registering a measurement of 1.0μSv/h or more were reduced from 396 point in the first survey (22.3%) to 32 points (1.1%) in the 8th survey. 　Additionally, the average space dose rate for all measurement points was reduced from 0.67μSv /h in the first survey to 0.17μSv/h in the 8th survey. (Reference) In 2010, the space dose rate of the prefecture before the nuclear accident (naturally occurring levels of radiation) was 0.02 - 0.13μSv/h (1m from the surface).