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Radioactive scrap metal found in Okayama Pref.
Note: I spent 1 day in Okayama. A very beautiful and picturesque
area, about an hour from Kyoto by bullet train:
Radioactive scrap metal found in Okayama Pref.
OKAYAMA, Japan, June 21 (Kyodo) - Scrap metal emitting a small amount
of radiation was found Wednesday at Kawasaki Steel Corp.'s affiliate
in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, local prefectural government
officials said.
Daiwa Steel Corp. has informed the Science and Technology Agency of
the discovery at its Mizushima ironworks, the officials said.
The radioactive metal was taken to the ironworks by a 10-ton truck
from a scrap iron dealer in Okayama in the prefecture.
A test conducted Wednesday morning found the metal was emitting about
6 microsieverts per hour.
The truck has been cordoned off by rope. The agency dispatched
officers to the scene to investigate.
It was the second such incident this year in Okayama Prefecture,
western Japan, following Monday's discovery of depleted uranium at an
ironworks in Tamano.
One microsievert is one-millionth of a sievert. The maximum safe
exposure for people is 1 millisievert per year.
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