171 Bq/Kg from a school playground sand in Kamakura city / Jumped up over 6 times as last year

On 10/20/2015, Kamakura city government announced they measured 171 Bq/Kg from the earth of a playground at an elementary school. The school name is Yamasaki Elementary School.

Cs-134 density was 31 Bq/Kg to prove this is from Fukushima accident. The sampling date was this August.

They collected the samples at 25 elementary schools and junior high schools. Cs-134/137 was detected at 22 of 25 schools.

The city government concluded in the report that the converted atmospheric dose is lower than the safety limit. However, the Cs-134/137 density was 26 Bq/Kg in 2014. It jumped up 6.6 times since last year. The possible reason is not mentioned in their report.

 

https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kyoplan/documents/h27koutei.pdf

https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kyoplan/documents/h26koutei1.pdf

https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kyoplan/syoutyuu_housyasen_tuti.html

 

 

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Français :

171 Bq/kg dans une cour d’école de Kamakura : 6 fois plus que l’an dernier

 

Le 20 octobre 2015, la municipalité de Kamakura a déclaré avoir relevé 171 Bq/kg dans le sol de la cour de récréation d’une école élémentaire. Cette école se nomme Yamasaki Elementary School.

La radioactivité en césium 134 était de 31 Bq/kg ce qui prouve que ça provient de la catastrophe de Fukushima. L’échantillon date d’août dernier.
Ils avaient pris des échantillons dans 25 écoles élémentaires et lycées. Une radioactivité au Cs-134/137 a été relevée dans 22 de ces 25 écoles.
Dans son compte-rendu, la municipalité conclus que la dose ambiante convertie est inférieure à la limite de sécurité. Néanmoins, la radioactivité au césium 134/137 était de 26 Bq/kg en 2014. Elle s’est multipliée par 6,6 depuis l’an dernier. Les causes possibles de cette augmentation ne sont pas mentionnées dans leur rapport.

https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kyoplan/documents/h27koutei.pdf
https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kyoplan/documents/h26koutei1.pdf
https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kyoplan/syoutyuu_housyasen_tuti.html

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