Radioactive ash found in Tokyo sewage plant

[meow mix]

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110514-278880.html

TOKYO, JAPAN - A highly radioactive substance was detected in ash from an incinerator at a sewage works in Tokyo in late March following the nation's worst nuclear accident in Fukushima, newspapers reported Saturday.

The ash, containing an unidentified substance with a radioactive density of 170,000 Becquerel per kilogramme, was collected from a plant in Koto Ward, eastern Tokyo, the Nikkei and Sankei dailies said, quoting metropolitan government sources.

Much of the ash from the Koto batch had already been recycled into construction materials, including cement, the unnamed sources said. The volume of the ash was not reported.

A radioactive substance of 100,000-140,000 Becquerel per kilogramme was also detected in ash at two other sewage plants in Ota and Itabashi wards, eastern Tokyo, in late March, the sources said.

[madokie]

1. This is going to be a long hard slough

Why o why couldn't the people who brought us these dangerous machines have seen the fallacy in their thinking.

[PearliePoo2]

2. From an article in Mainichi Times....

"On May 12, the government announced that highly radioactive sludge will be tentatively kept at sewage plants in the prefecture."

"While highly-radioactive sludge will be treated in the same way as radioactive waste for the time being, no plans for the final disposal of such sludge were presented. It will also be difficult to promote the recycling of sludge with high-level radiation contamination."

"The volume of radioactive sludge should be reduced as much as possible through recycling," said an official with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, adding that the recycling of such sludge into fertilizer should be withheld for the time being."

[kestrel91316]

3. Hey, maybe putting the radioactive ash into concrete isn't such a bad idea.

I mean, concrete is great at BLOCKING radiation, right?

:shrug:

Just trying to be helpful, lol. Though it would have been far preferable to NOT HAVE THE WHOLE FUCKING RADIOACTIVE CRAP DISPOSAL ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

:argh:

[meow mix]

4. sidewalks that glow!

and free medicine for bad feet...woot!