Schools keep kids indoors / Outdoor activities in Fukushima Pref. stopped over radiation

[kristopher]

Let me note upfront that is is a precautionary response due to lack of guidance from legitimate agencies on the risks. That, in turn, goes to our ability to understand such complex events and have in place comprehensive plans accurate forecast the demands that the system will need to respond to.

Schools keep kids indoors / Outdoor activities in Fukushima Pref. stopped over radiation

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Worried about radiation, schools in Fukushima Prefecture have stopped holding physical education classes in their school yards regardless of schools' distance from the crippled nuclear power plant in the prefecture. According to experts, radioactive substances detected in the school yards of 19 primary schools have not "reached a level to affect people's health." Despite this assurance, the central government's failure to provide any guidelines on students' outdoor activities has left schools wondering what to do. During soil inspection in school yards, inspectors took five-centimeter-deep samples to check the levels of radioactive iodine and cesium.
The school yard of Yamakiya Primary School...

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110414005800.htm