Daily radiation readings from Fukushima Prefecture

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2. I'll agree that many of the data are encouraging

For example, I was surprised to see that the values for Iwaki City, just south of the 30km recommended evacuation zone, are not much higher than the normal values for where I live, less than 100 miles south of there.

However, at the same time, I would like to see measurements from inside the 20km exclusion zone, as well as measurements from many other municipalities outside of the zone. Also, with the exception of Tamura City, all the values are for one only point in each city. As I described in an earlier OP in this forum, detailed measurements taken in Fukushima City alone, at nearly 3000 measuring points, show great variance in values, with 28% of the values measured last March exceeding 1 microsievert per hour. That is far higher than the 0.04 μSv/h that is considered normal for the city.

In addition, even in areas of Fukushima where residents have remained throughout this ordeal, there are places where children are not allowed to enter because the radiation levels are still considered to be too high.

Finally, some residents of forcibly evacuated areas are now being allowed to come and go to and from their homes without special permission, but they are still not being allowed to reside permanently in them.