Following up this article..Fukushima school will have swimming class outside
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology set the safety limit of swimming class.
“Less than 1μSv/h at poolside”
Though the board of education decided to allow students to cancel swimming class, 7 of 27 schools in Sukagawa city Fukushima measured higher than 1μSv/h at poolside. The highest reading was 2.65 μSv/h. The city government is going to decontaminate it, but some of the parents don’t trust the effectiveness of decontamination.
In Sukagawa city, about half of 17 elementary schools (6 ~12 y.o.)and 8 of 10 junior high schools (13~15 y.o.) are going to have swimming class this summer.
On the other hand, on 6/2/2012 Fukushima prefectural high school swimming association held a swimming competition in Iwaki city. Iwaki city is only 43km from Fukushima plants, where Sukagawa city is 60km.
However, 130 students from 9 schools attended at the competition.
A female student of the second degree comments, she was happy to attend the competition, it was restricted to practice and hold a competition last year.
The dose at the poolside is not announced. Protective clothing for swimmers is not invented yet.
Iori Mochizuki