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Kyodo: More than 25 Koriyama schools with high radiation areas — At least 19 nursery and elementary schools affected — 60km from Fukushima Daiichi

Published: May 7th, 2012 at 6:58 am ET
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‘Hot spots’ detected at more than 20 schools in Koriyama－ 毎日ｊｐ(毎日新聞)
Kyodo
May 7, 2012

More than 20 schools in Koriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture [...] have “hot spots” with high radiation levels on their premises, a civil group said Sunday.

The finding was based on municipal education board documents it obtained through an information disclosure request, it said.

The education board instructed elementary and junior high schools as well as nursery schools in January to check air radiation levels [...]

[...] at least 14 elementary and seven junior high as well as five nursery schools have hot spots where the cumulative annual radiation dose could reach 20 millisieverts, or more than 3.8 microsieverts per hour. [...]

“There are many spots in schools where radiation levels still remain high” -Tokiko Noguchi, head of group

Published: May 7th, 2012 at 6:58 am ET
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3 comments to Kyodo: More than 25 Koriyama schools with high radiation areas — At least 19 nursery and elementary schools affected — 60km from Fukushima Daiichi

  • xdrfox
    May 7, 2012 at 8:01 am

    ABOVE:
    [...] at least 14 elementary and seven junior high as well as five nursery schools have hot spots where the cumulative annual radiation dose could reach 20 millisieverts, or more than 3.8 microsieverts per hour. [...]
    ~~~~
    Then there is:
    …The dose received from background radiation on the island was found to be between 2.4 mSv/year and 4.5 mSv/year (the lower rate is the same as natural background radiation), assuming that a diet of imported foods was available.[19] It was because of these food risks that the group eventually did not recommend fully resettling the island. …

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll

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  • SnorkY2K
    May 7, 2012 at 8:42 am

    They should be checking their shoes instead of the air or do both. I would not be surprised that if Koriyama City is comprised that Lake Inawashira isn't as well. Once it has blown over the island's watershed divide, the contaminated water is going to flow downhill.


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