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Radiation hotspots in North Eastern schools in Japan

Japanese schools have radiation hotspots after nuclear disaster Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2012 TOKYO — Schools in north-eastern Japan are suffering from radiation hotspots more than one year after reactor meltdowns at a nuclear power station, a media report said Monday.

There were areas where radiation could exceed the internationally recommended annual level at more than 20 schools in Fukushima prefecture’s Koriyama city in April, Kyodo News reported an unnamed civil group as saying. The hotspots reportedly affect 14 elementary, seven junior high and five nursery schools.

The figures came from official measurements taken in ditches, hedges
and drains based on order in January from local education boards.
Classrooms and playgrounds were already regularly examined and did not
form part of the set of measurements, the report said.

When the academic year began in April, school boards lifted a ban on
playing in school yards for more than three hours a day, but some
parents want the ban to be reimposed….
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-mct-brief-japanese-schools-have-radiation-hotspots-20120507,0,2372918.story

May 10, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general