Tokyo has a higher radiation exposure point in Fukushima

The Japanese authorities have just discovered at a primary school in Tokyo that the amount of radiation is higher than the amount of radiation in areas near the Fukushima nuclear power plant No. 1.

>>> Unusually high radiation detection in the Japanese capital

Yesterday, the Japanese press reported that authorities had measured the radioactive concentration of 3.99 microsievert / hour at a height of 5cm above the ground in an elementary school in Adachi district, Tokyo.

Meanwhile, the amount of radiation in Fukushima City, 60km away from the Fukushima I nuclear power plant, was measured only 1 microsie / hour yesterday.

Adachi district is about 210km from Fukushima power plant.

Adachi county authorities dumped surface and radioactive soil on trees around the school as well as conducted radioactivity measurements at 800 locations, including schools, parks and others. other public facilities.

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exit from Fukushima I. nuclear power plant

On the same day, Fukushima City launched a frantic campaign for decontamination for the purpose of decontamination at all households and public facilities.

Decontamination was started yesterday morning in the Onami area, where the radioactivity is relatively high.

Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko was present at the scene for about 20 minutes to jointly conduct radiation decontamination here.

A group of professional workers used jet-spray equipment to wash roofs and drains. They also cut off the vegetables and removed the surface soil from the gardens.

Fukushima City's ultimate goal is to decontaminate radiation at 110,000 households, public facilities and roads near schools by the end of the fiscal year 2012.

However, radiation decontamination work is also difficult to find enough manpower and locations to store radioactive waste.

In related news, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO, the Fukushima I Japanese nuclear power plant operator) intends to ask the Japanese government to allocate 1 billion yen (approximately 13 billion USD). ) until the end of fiscal year 2011 to compensate for accident damages at the factory.

In two years, TEPCO will have to pay compensation of 4.5 billion yen (58.4 billion USD). This money will be used to pay compensation, and TEPCO will pay off with its annual profit.