165,000 Bq/Kg from Fukushima river soil

Rivers gone dead.

Ministry of the environment conducted radiation tests at 120 points of rivers in Fukushima prefecture. The test was done from 4/29/2012 to 6/20/2012.

The highest reading was 165,000 Bq/Kg from the river bottom soil of Ukedogawa river in Namie machi, where is in Hazard area.

According to Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry No.112 [Link], radioactive material to contain more than 100 Bq/kg of Cs-134/137 must be properly stocked to not to cause public radiation hazard.

This is 1,650 times higher than the safety limit.

They also measured 2 Bq/L of cesium from Abukuma river, but this is lower than 2.7 Bq/Kg from well water in Chiba. It needs to be verified if Fukushima river is actually cleaner than well water in Tokyo area.

Original story with graphs and links to sources in Japanese:

http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/08/16...iver-soil/