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Nuclear Radiation Hot Spots Found at Starting Point of Japan's 2020 Olympic Torch Relay
Original source: gizmodo.com
High levels of radiation have been detected near Japan’s J-Village, a sports facility and the starting point of the upcoming Olympic torch relay, according to Greenpeace .
Radiation levels as high as 71 microsieverts per hour were found on the surface near J-Village in northeastern Japan, according to a Greenpeace press release issued Wednesday .
This sports facility will be the starting point of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay, which is scheduled to begin on March 26, 2020.
The readings were made over a two- hour period on October 26 by Greenpeace’s Nuclear Monitoring & Radiation Protection Advisors.
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