Japanese rice first detected radiation exceeding safety standards

The Japanese government banned exports of rice from an area near the nuclear plant in Fukushima, radiation has been pouring since it was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11.

For the first time since the disaster, rice was found radiation levels exceeding the Japanese standards of safety.

In the affected area, about 60 kilometers from the nuclear plant, there are 154 rice farmers, who produce annually about 192 tons of product.

The ban on shipments comes after it was discovered that a harvested crop by a farmer in the area contained 630 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, compared with the limit of 500 becquerels imposed by the government.

"The rice in question was found before it was sent. There is in circulation a single grain of the plot," said Osamu Fujimura chief of staff at a news conference.

Japan's rice harvest in autumn was put under the magnifying glass near the plant, after the areain excessive levels of radiation found in beef, vegetables and seafood.

The manager of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co, which works with the government hopes to stabilize the reactors at the Fukushima central end of the year.

Mysterious traces of radioactivity were detected in France

Mysterious traces of iodine 131, due to radioactive releases from a foreign country as yet unknown, were detected in France, but do not pose health risks, said Tuesday the Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)

The origin and date of the cause of this contamination escape "are unknown so far," and would have no connection with the accident at Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima, according to the agency.

Iodine 131 is an element of short duration and whose radioactivity decreases by half every eight days.

The IRSN was informed by his scientific contacts detection in several countries in Central Europe "iodine 131 in the state of traces in the air", so you should test for in turn the possible presence of that element in France, explained the institute in a statement.

On 11 November, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported the presence of iodine 131 in the air in the Czech Republic and other European countries, to levels not present "a risk to health."

The IAEA did not say what other countries involved, but several nuclear security agencies of neighboring countries (Poland, Austria, Slovakia) also noted that similar contamination had been detected.

It is still unknown origin of the particles. They ruled that have come from the Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima.

Reality? or lies again? Consecuences of Chernobyl are still appearing?