Members of a USS crew filed suit against TEPCO

8 members of a USS Ronald Reagan crew who joined "Operation Tomodachi", the assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami file a suit against TEPCO(Tokyo Electric Power Company) for being exposed to radiation.
The plaintiffs are arguing that they had to work in the stricken area while misunderstanding radiation risk not having being provided accurate information. They claim 220 million dollars, 10 million for the each in damages and the rest for establishing a fund for medical expenses in the future.


トモダチ作戦参加の米兵が東電訴える　―NHKニュース
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20121228/k10014491471000.html

Radio active caesium detected from 0.1% of children in Fukushima

Children take inspection(*image)

Inspection of internal radiation exposure implemented to 5,931 children aged between 4 to 12 in Fukushima from April to June this year revealed that radio active caesium is identified from 6 or 0.1 percent of children.
Among them, three children are from the same family with the highest rate of 615 Bq, caused by eating wild mushrooms.
Restraining vegetables grown outdoors, government's strict regulations for foods and the nation's low food self-supporting ratio have contributed the result, doctors analyses.
Caesium taken inside child's body reduces by half in 30 to 60 days because of metabolism function.


原発事故:福島の子供　セシウム検出０．１％に　―毎日jp
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120803k0000m040147000c.html