Irradiated gravel used for Fukushima condominium
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120115_28.html
Officials in Fukushima Prefecture say they have detected high levels of radiation in a new building. They say a construction material may have been tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The officials say the contamination was found at a 3-story apartment building in Nihonmatsu City that was completed last July. The city checked the condo for radiation in December after regular monitoring found that children living there had been exposed to higher levels of radiation than other children over a 3-month period.
The city found that the radioactive cesium level on the first floor was 1.24 microsieverts per hour, which is higher than outside. Radiation levels on the second and third floors were much lower. The officials say that the gravel used on the first floor came from a stone-crushing site in Namie Town in a no-entry zone near the crippled plant. The city says it will ask the tenants of the first-floor apartments to move out and will interview the other residents. The city and the central government will confirm the cause of the contamination and check if gravel from the same site has been used elsewhere.[/div class]
So they took six months to figure out they used contaminated material for building homes! More to come I'm sure.
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