RDTN.org <\/a>website allows people to submit their own radiation readings and maps them alongside official data.<\/p>\nIt is one of several so-called crowd-sourcing initiatives set up in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n
Another website, JapanStatus.org, also offers similar information.<\/p>\n
To contribute to the RDTN site people will have to purchase a radiation detection device and the site directs people to four sources of such equipment. A typical device currently sells on Amazon for around \u00a378.<\/p>\n
Readings submitted to the site suggest that radiation levels of between 0.178 – 0.678 microsieverts per hour can be detected in and around Onuma Hitachi City that lies south of Fukushima.<\/p>\n
Progress appears to be being made to restore power to the Fukushima Daiichi plant although, according to official sources, the situation remains very serious.<\/p>\n
Villagers living nearby have been told not to drink tap water due to higher levels of radioactive iodine.<\/p>\n
Other efforts to pool advice on how to cope with the disaster include new pages on The Global Innovations Commons, a site which compiles out-of-date patents.<\/p>\n
It includes dozens of patents related to cooling down reactors from companies such as Hitachi and Siemens.<\/p>\n
There is also information which could help with the rebuilding efforts, including water filtration technologies, shelter and building techniques and tsunami warning systems.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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