information about Fukushima published in English in Japanese media info publiée en anglais dans la presse japonaise
14 Décembre 2012
December 11, 2012
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20121211p2a00m0na013000c.html
MISATO, Saitama -- The municipal government here began building a temporary storage site in August for soil contaminated by radioactive materials released in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster, it has emerged.
The city had briefed nearby residents and the city council on its plans, but had not made a more public announcement.
According to the Misato Municipal Government, the temporary storage site is on the grounds of a municipal athletic facility in the city's Kobo district. This month, the contaminated soil is set to be transported to the storage site from the city's general waste disposal plant located south of the athletic facility's parking lot.
There is approximately 700 cubic meters of soil that had been removed from 27 locations around the city in fiscal 2011, packed into 675 synthetic fiber bags. At the time the soil was collected, their radiation levels were on average 0.25 microsieverts per hour.
"We decided to build a temporary storage site until the national government decided on a final disposal site," said Misato Municipal Government official Susumu Akimoto. "We explained the plans to five households nearby, and let the city council know in June."
A representative for a civic organization concerned with measures against radiation said, "We wish we had been notified about this, too."
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