186,000 Becquerels/Kg Radioactive Cesium in Aizu Wakamatsu City in Fukushima

from the sludge in the drain. Aizu Wakamatsu City is 100 kilometers west of Fukushima I Nuclear power Plant.

From Sankei Shinbun (8/16/2011):

福島地裁会津若松支部（福島県会津若松市）の敷地内にある側溝の一部で採取された汚泥から、１キログラム当たり約１８万６千ベクレルの放射性セシウムが検出されたことが１６日、分かった。福島地裁（福島市）が明らかにした。支部は東京電力福島第１原発から西に約１００キロ。今後、県や会津若松市の指導を受け除去する方針。

The Fukushima District Court Aizu Wakamatsu Branch (in Aizu Wakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture) announced on August 16 that 186,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium was found in the sludge in the drain in the court compound. The Aizu Wakamatsu Branch of the Fukushima District Court is located 100 kilometers west of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. The radioactive sludge will be removed under the guidance from Fukushima Prefecture and Aizu Wakamatsu City.

　地裁によると、セシウムが含まれる汚泥が見つかったのは側溝から水が流れ込む数十センチ四方の「雨水升」。清掃を依頼された業者が雨水升にたまった汚泥が除去できる放射線量か調べるため、検査機関に持ち込み、今月１１日に判明した。

According to the District Court Aizu Wakamatsu Branch, the sludge containing radioactive cesium was found in the "rainwater box" into which the water in the drain flows. The company that was contracted to do the cleanup took the sludge sample to a testing laboratory to see if the radiation level of the sludge in the "rainwater box" was low enough for safe cleaning and disposal. The result came in on August 11.

　同支部は汚染された汚泥が見つかった升と、敷地内にあり空間線量が高かった別の升の計２カ所について、周囲約１メートル四方を立ち入り禁止にしている。裁判所の業務には支障はないという。

The District Court Aizu Wakamatsu Branch has set the 1-square meter areas around this "rainwater box" and another box as off-limit. The air radiation around the other box tested high. The Branch says the daily operation of the Court is not affected.

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