An earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale rocked Japan, Friday. Not only triggered a tsunami that killed thousands of people, the earthquake also raises the threat of nuclear holocaust with extremely high radiation levels.
The threat came from the four nuclear reactors in the installation of Dai-ichi, Fukushima Prefecture. "The level of radiation is very high, and potentially damaging to human health," said Prime Minister Naoto Kan, as quoted by the Associated Press.
Exposure to high levels radiaktif substances that can trigger a number of health problems like hair loss, nerve cell death, seizures and sudden death, circulatory disorders, heart disease, and reproductive system damage.
Effects of radiation may even trigger a moment of thyroid cancer, also the development of other cancer cells in subsequent years. "However, the effects of this radiation is dependent radiaktifnya levels and types of substances," said Professor Donald Olander, a nuclear expert at the University of California, Berkeley.
Faced with the threat, the government has asked about 180 thousand residents in a radius of 20 kilometers from the center of the reactor evacuated. At least 140 thousand residents who lived near the safety zone is also asked to not leave the house and close all the vents of the house.
In order to prevent adverse effects of radiation, the local government began to distribute potassium iodide pills and a mask covering the nose to the residents around the danger zone.
Yukio Edano government spokesman said that the country is now entering a nuclear emergency after the earthquake and tsunami. He said radiation levels around one of the leaking reactor reached 400 thousand mikrosiverts per hour. This is four times the safe limit of radiation for the human body.
The threat came from the four nuclear reactors in the installation of Dai-ichi, Fukushima Prefecture. "The level of radiation is very high, and potentially damaging to human health," said Prime Minister Naoto Kan, as quoted by the Associated Press.
Exposure to high levels radiaktif substances that can trigger a number of health problems like hair loss, nerve cell death, seizures and sudden death, circulatory disorders, heart disease, and reproductive system damage.
Effects of radiation may even trigger a moment of thyroid cancer, also the development of other cancer cells in subsequent years. "However, the effects of this radiation is dependent radiaktifnya levels and types of substances," said Professor Donald Olander, a nuclear expert at the University of California, Berkeley.
Faced with the threat, the government has asked about 180 thousand residents in a radius of 20 kilometers from the center of the reactor evacuated. At least 140 thousand residents who lived near the safety zone is also asked to not leave the house and close all the vents of the house.
In order to prevent adverse effects of radiation, the local government began to distribute potassium iodide pills and a mask covering the nose to the residents around the danger zone.
Yukio Edano government spokesman said that the country is now entering a nuclear emergency after the earthquake and tsunami. He said radiation levels around one of the leaking reactor reached 400 thousand mikrosiverts per hour. This is four times the safe limit of radiation for the human body.
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