construction sites in japan highly radioactive Leading to rock quarry tests

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2012-02-16 22:26

High radiation levels have been detected at apartment blocks and other construction projects built with gravel from the Namie quarry, and the findings lend further backing to the theory that this gravel was seriously contaminated with large amounts of cesium.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120216p2a00m0na006000c.html
Among 25 quarries in the evacuation zones, up to 122,400 becquerels of radioactive cesium was found at one that has been closed since the nuclear crisis broke out on March 11, 2011. A high of 5,170 becquerels was found at one of 14 operational quarries within the evacuation zones.

The national and prefectural governments have done spot inspections of about 150 of some 1,100 construction sites where gravel from the Namie quarry is believed to have been used.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120216p2a00m0na006000c.html

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