Fukushima’s Date City to give dosimeters to all children
Jun. 10, 2011
The Date city office in Fukushima Prefecture said Thursday it will distribute dosimeters to all children attending preschool as well as elementary and junior high schools in the city amid growing worries over exposure to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daichi nuclear power station nearby.
The city said the distribution of about 8,000 dosimeters will be part of its efforts to ensure children's health as there are radiation ''hot spots'' in the city, which is adjacent to Iitate, which is within a government-set evacuation zone.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant, southeast of Date, has been crippled since the March 11 quake and tsunami knocked out its power, triggering the country's worst ever nuclear crisis.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on June 9, 2011)
The city said the distribution of about 8,000 dosimeters will be part of its efforts to ensure children's health as there are radiation ''hot spots'' in the city, which is adjacent to Iitate, which is within a government-set evacuation zone.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant, southeast of Date, has been crippled since the March 11 quake and tsunami knocked out its power, triggering the country's worst ever nuclear crisis.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on June 9, 2011)
