[ RadSafe ] Rain and mud bring radioactivity to areas in Tokyo park

[Roger Helbig]

Radiation hotspots found in Tokyo park

June 26, 2012

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201206260057

Radiation levels exceeding official standards have been detected at a
park in Tokyo, after a metropolitan government inspection carried out
under pressure from the Japanese Communist Party.

The Tokyo metropolitan government said June 25 that it had detected a
maximum radiation reading of 1.22 microsieverts per hour at Mizumoto
Park in Katsushika Ward.

Officials took readings at two points in the shrubbery in the parking
areas. Both readings exceeded the central government standard for
decontamination of 1 microsievert per hour above background radiation.
The metropolitan government said it will decontaminate the area.

The cause of the high radiation levels is still being investigated,
but officials say both spots are likely places where rainwater and mud
build up.

Metropolitan assembly members of the Japanese Communist Party demanded
the radiation survey at the park, which is operated by the Tokyo
government.

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Rain and mud bring radioactivity to areas in Tokyo park

by Christina MacPherson

Radiation hotspots found in Tokyo park, June 26, 2012, THE ASAHI
SHIMBUN Radiation levels exceeding official standards have been detected at
a park in Tokyo, after a metropolitan government inspection carried
out under pressure from the Japanese Communist Party.

The Tokyo metropolitan government said June 25 that it had detected
a maximum radiation reading of 1.22 microsieverts per hour at Mizumoto Park
in Katsushika Ward. Officials took readings at two points in the shrubbery
in the parking areas. Both readings exceeded the central government standard
for decontamination of 1 microsievert per hour above background
radiation. The metropolitan government said it will decontaminate the area.

The cause of the high radiation levels is still being investigated, but
officials say both spots are likely places where rainwater and mud build
up..... http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201206260057