Asahi: Education Ministry's radiation map

Weather, deteriorating reactors exacerbated disaster
By HIROSHI ISHIZUKA
Staff Writer of the vernacular Asahi Shimbun
The education ministry measured the accumulated amount of radioactive cesium in areas within a 160-kilometer radius from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant through the use of aircraft in late July.
Details of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan panel's findings will be published on the society's website.