– (“Now They Tell Us” Series) #Radiation in Tokyo: 2.7 Microsieverts/Hr Air Radiation Inside Sewage Treatment Facility in Ota-ku, Tokyo (EX-SKF, June 7, 2011):
2.7 microsieverts per hour air radiation level is the highest ever detected in Tokyo so far, and almost the same air radiation level as Iitate-mura in Fukushima Prefecture, which is designated as “planned evacuation zone”.
So, what is the excuse by the Tokyo Metropolitan government for withholding this information? “It was detected inside the building. The radiation was no problem at the perimeter of the facility.”
It’s not even a good excuse.
From Yomiuri Shinbun (2:33PM JST 6/8/2011):
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The survey by the Tokyo Metropolitan government revealed that the 2.7 microsieverts/hour radiation was detected in the air inside the sewage treatment facility in Ota-ku, Tokyo.
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According to the Tokyo Metropolitan government, the facility is “Nanbu [Southern] Sludge Plant”, which collects sewage sludge from two sewage treatment centers in Tokyo and burn it, and bury the ashes in the landfill on the Tokyo Bay. In the government survey in May, 10,540 becquerels/kilogram of radioactive cesium was detected from the slag from this plant.
As this blog posted back in May, “Tobu [Eastern] Sludge Plant” in Koto-ku had 170,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in the slag, which had already been sold as cement material. I hate to think how high their air radiation level was inside the plant.