Nearly one third of the region in Japan to detect radioactive contamination of wate

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Beverly Hills, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) March 23, 2011 -- Kyodo News Agency reported that the Japanese Ministry of Education news release today, 22 of Miyagi, Fukushima, Nara and Oita prefectures away from tap water sampling survey found that 12 counties have been detected in tap water radioactive substances. 22 Fukushima separate out from the water in the detection of radioactive substances. All 22 counties a total of 13 tap water containing radioactive material was detected, 21 more than the 4 counties. Content of radioactive substances detected were lower than the reference value of the limits intake.

In the 22 sampling survey, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata and Shizuoka new detection of water iodine; Tokyo, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma detected the iodine and cesium. Fukushima, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata was detected iodine. Iodine per kg of tap water concentration: Tokyo 19 Henri Becquerel, Henri Becquerel 15 Tochigi, Ibaraki 12 Becquerel. Cesium concentration: 5.3 Becquerel Tochigi, Ibaraki 4.8 Becquerel. Baseline value of government restrictions iodine intake of 300 Becquerel, cesium 200 Becquerel.

Arts ministry also announced that from 20 the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima, 40 kilometers west of the village restaurants Fukushima soil samples to detect the iodine concentration of 1.17 million Becquerel per kilogram, cesium concentration of 163,000 Becquerel . Japan has no radioactive material for the content of the soil standards. Arts province, said: "Although this is not the level should be evacuated immediately, but need an expert to determine its long-term impact."

From the nuclear power plant in 18 about 45 km northwest of Sichuan Fukushima-cho, Minamata, the soil samples to detect the concentration of iodine and cesium were 84,300 and 14,200 Becquerel Becquerel.

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