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Radiation limits activities in school fields

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Radiation limits activities in school fields

More than 90 percent of elementary and junior high schools in Fukushima City disallow or limit outdoor activities for students in their athletic fields due to radiation-contaminated topsoil.

In Fukushima Prefecture at the grounds of some elementary and junior high schools in April radiation levels exceeded the government limit of 3.8 microsieverts per hour.

The level dropped to below the limit at all of the schools last week.

But NHK research has found that 69 out of 72 public elementary and junior high schools in the area were disallowing or limiting outdoor activities in the athletic fields as of Thursday.

The schools say that...

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_01.html

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