[ RadSafe ] Two Japanese Towns are Uninhabitable

[Chris Alston]

Tony et al.

This is what first occurred to me, on reading the original article.
I.e., that they were making doserate measurements to estimate external
exposure in the standard way (in this context), at one meter above the
ground surface.

Cheers
cja


"... just confusion based on measurements made one meter above ground.
 Here's another version of the same story that seems a little less
garbled:"

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120108003738.htm


Tony Harrison, MSPH
Inorganic & Radiochemistry Supervisor
Laboratory Services Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment