Thousands evacuate as Fukishima nuclear emergency is declared

[Peter Lemkin]

http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/05/radio...ag-in.html

Maybe something to bookmark...

"ABOUT MY COVERAGE OF JAPAN EARTHQUAKE OF MARCH 11

I am Japanese, and I not only read Japanese news sources for information on earthquake and the Fukushima Nuke Plant but also watch press conferences via the Internet when I can and summarize my findings, adding my observations."

the web site features English and Japanese text

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan government, 170,000 becquerels per kilogram radiation was detected in the sewage slag sample taken on March 25 at Tobu Sludge Plant, a sewage treatment facility in Koto-ku. The samples taken at two additional facilities also showed radiation over 100,000 becquerels per kilogram. The slag has already been recycled into cement and other construction materials. In comparison, the sewage slag from Koriyama City in Fukushima measured 334,000 becquerels per kilogram, and Koto-ku is 225 kilometers away from Fukushima I Nuke Plant.

This [above] and even more radioactive sewage slag mentioned on that website is ENORMOUSLY radioactive! A becquerel = one nuclear disintegration per second. Some of the water and materials at the plant would, however, be thousands to millions of times that....some billions of times more.

While it is not detailed, I'm presuming this is the normal end product of sewage waste - after processing and drying. [i.e. normal waste water, when concentrated in Japan is highly radioactive, even far from the plant!] Such materials should NOT be recycled, but put in hazardous waste repositories!