A Promise with children 子供たちとの約束

(Source) http://fukushimavoice-eng2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/kuwa-chans-decontamination-effort.html Kuwa-chan’s Decontamination Effort: A Promise with Children Yutaka Kuwabara, aka Kuwa-chan, used to work as a radiation administrative worker at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP), participating in technical investigation, primary loop recirculation system duct renovation, and detailed checkup of turbine. Also having engaged in natural farming, he used to live in Namie Town, Fukushima, within 20 km of the FDNNP. He and his late-wife, who died of cancer in March 2013, evacuated to Saitama Prefecture shortly after the FDNPP accident following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011. After the accident, Kuwa-chan became so disgusted with how much information was covered up both by TEPCO and the Japanese government that he has grown vocal on Twitter and in his blog, sharing his expert knowledge and educating general public about radiation. He has been going to various parts of Fukushima Prefecture, totally at his own expense, to take radiation measurements and conduct decontamination all on his own. On June 22, 2013, he happened to come by the "Yanagawa-kibōnomori-kōenmae Station" in Yanagawa Town, Date City, Fukushima Prefecture, about 60 km northwest of the FDNPP. ("Yanagawa-kibōnomori-kōen" is the name of a recreational park, literally translated to "Yanagawa Forest of Hope Park," and the station name indicates it is "in front of" the park, although the park itself is about a ten-minute walk away). He noticed the air dose rate was rather high at the station. The station manager asked him to take measurements in and around the station building. He discovered an air dose rate of 1 μSv/h, which prompted him to conduct immediate decontamination. He returned to the station the following day to take detailed measurements of the station platform as well as the traffic circle in front of the main entrance to the station. He then conducted decontamination beginning with the area with the most foot traffic. Station platform before decontamination on June 22, 2013. The highest ground surface dose rate was 10.2 μSv/h at 1 cm above ground, and the highest air dose rate was1.86 μSv/h at 1 m high above ground. Orange elliptical shapes denote areas decontaminated. (Continued.....)