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Tokyo 2020: Radiation hot spots found near Fukushima Olympic torch site, Greenpeace claims cnn.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 4 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo (CNN) High-level radiation hot spots can be detected at a sports complex in Japan's northeastern Fukushima prefecture, where the 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch relay will kick off next year, according to a report by environmental group Greenpeace.
J-Village is home to a 5,000-capacity stadium, 11 soccer fields, a gym, swimming pool, and hotel and conference center.
It is around 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of the now-disabled nuclear plant.
The J-Village sports complex is located around 12 miles south of the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
One million microsieverts is equal to 1 sievert, the unit used to measure radiation and quantify the amount absorbed by the body.