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Gov’t Survey: Shinjuku, Tokyo has third highest cesium levels of all testing locations throughout Japan — “Large amounts of radioactive dust fell in Tokyo”

Published: November 27th, 2011 at 1:23 pm ET
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Cesium from Fukushima plant fell all over Japan, AJW by The Asahi Shimbun, Nov. 26, 2011:

[...] the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s survey results released on Nov. 25 [...]

The highest combined cumulative density of radioactive cesium-134 and cesium-137 was found in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, at 40,801 becquerels per square meter. That was followed by 22,570 becquerels per square meter in Yamagata, the capital of Yamagata Prefecture, and 17,354 becquerels per square meter in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. [...]

Large amounts of radioactive dust fell in Tokyo, but a separate survey has detected relatively low accumulations of cesium in the soil. [...]

Note: Figures were not available for Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures; Just one measurement station was used for each of the other 45 prefectures

Published: November 27th, 2011 at 1:23 pm ET
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