article published\ntoday (4 December) by Sankei Shimbun. <\/a>The\narticle reports some details of Greenpeace Japan\u2019s letter to the Japanese\ngovernment and Olympic bodies, which was leaked to the media by an unknown\nofficial. The article states that the soil around the particular hotspot with\n71 microsieverts per hour at surface level was removed by TEPCO yesterday (3\nDecember).<\/p>\n\n\u201cWhile general radiation\nlevels were low at the J-Village, these radiation hot spots are of significant public\nhealth concern. Radiation hot spots of such high levels can be found in the\nclosed area around Fukushima (so-called Area 3), but should not be present in\npublicly accessible areas. Yet, they are at a location that has been the focus\nof an extensive decontamination program and is also the starting point for the\nOlympic torch relay in Japan. <\/p>\n\n
These radiation hot spots\nhighlight both the scale of contamination caused by the Fukushima Daiichi\ndisaster, and the failure of decontamination efforts. We have called on the\nMinistry of Environment to act urgently and to initiate immediate\ndecontamination,\u201d said Kazue Suzuki, Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace\nJapan. <\/p>\n\n
The radiation hot spots at\nthe parking lot close to J-Village are of particular concern because they are\nlocated in an area that is currently visited by a large number of people. The\nhighest figures were: 71\u00b5Sv\/h at contact, 32\u00b5Sv\/h at 10cm, 6\u00b5Sv\/h at 50cm and\n1.7\u00b5Sv\/h at 1m, while the official Japanese government\u2019s decontamination\nthreshold is 0.23\u00b5Sv\/h. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cThere is a risk that heavy\nrain will spread these higher levels of contamination on public roads, and thus\nre-contaminate already decontaminated surfaces. This could partially undo\nearlier efforts to decontaminate the public areas in J-Village. From our\nobservations, it is unlikely that radiation hot spots of such high levels\nre-emerged from re-contamination after the previous decontamination. It is more\nlogical that the decontamination was not sufficiently and thoroughly conducted\nin the first place,\u201d said Shaun Burnie, Senior Nuclear Specialist at Greenpeace\nGermany and the team leader of the survey.<\/p>\n\n
To protect public safety,\nGreenpeace Japan demands that the Japanese government conduct an immediate and\nextensive radiation survey of the public areas in and around J-Village and\nnearby Olympic\/Paralympic venues. Furthermore, they should promptly conduct\ndecontamination if further radiation hot spots are identified. Regular\nscreenings of the radiation levels in J-Village should be also conducted to\nmonitor possible re-contamination of public areas.<\/p>\n\n
Greenpeace\u2019s Nuclear\nMonitoring & Radiation Protection Advisors will soon re-test the J-Village\nto determine if subsequent decontamination attempts have been adequately\nconducted.<\/p>\n\n
ENDS<\/em><\/p>\n\nContacts:<\/p>\n\n
Mitsuhisa Kawase,\nCommunications Officer, Greenpeace Japan, mitsuhisa.kawase@greenpeace.org, +81\n(0) 70-3195-4165<\/p>\n\n
Shaun Burnie, Senior\nNuclear Specialist, Greenpeace Germany, shaun.burnie@greenpeace.org, +49\n151-6432-0548<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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