Toshiso Kosako, profesor de la Universidad de Tokio, experto en protección radiológica y asesor nuclear para el primer ministro japonés Naoto Kan, anunció este viernes en una rueda de prensa entre lágrimas su renuncia. Aseguró que el gobierno había ignorado sus consejos y que las medidas que habían tomado no se ajustan a la ley. Acusó al gobierno y a otros organismos de tomar sólo medidas puntuales de emergencia; lo que retrasa el final de la crisis nuclear aumentando el nivel de exposición de los ciudadanos a la contaminación.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/30/nuclear-japan-resignation.html
The government has set 20-millisievert limit for radiation exposure as safe, but according to Kosako, that is 20 times too high, especially for children, who are considered more vulnerable to radiation than adults.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/parents-fight-back-over-raised-radiation-limits-2277713.html
Dijo que las nuevas directrices de aumento de la exposición anual de radiación aceptable en las escuelas primarias de la prefectura de Fukushima de uno a 20 milisieverts "son incompatibles con las cifras a nivel internacional y con el sentido común" y estaban "determinadas por la administración al servicio de sus propios intereses".
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Weather chief draws flak over plea not to release radiation forecasts
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/88604.html
The chief of the Meteorological Society of Japan has drawn flak from within the academic society over a request for member specialists to refrain from releasing forecasts on the spread of radioactive substances from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
In particular, Kosako protested against the government's decision to revise the maximum permissible level of radiation exposure among children up to 20 millisieverts per year, saying, "Should I approve that decision, I would no longer be a researcher. I would not want my children to be exposed to that amount of radiation.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110430p2a00m0na005000c.html
He also pointed out that the government was slow in applying the System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information (SPEEDI) and disclosing its data, even though nuclear safety guidelines stipulate the system be implemented immediately in an emergency. "The government has ignored the law and taken stopgap measures, failing to bring the crisis under control promptly," he said...