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Tests detected up to 214,200 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram of gravel

FUKUSHIMA — Massive levels of radioactive cesium have been detected from gravel at a quarry near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, after high radiation was detected at buildings using gravel from the same quarry, prefectural officials said. . .  . (more)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120216p2a00m0na006000c.html

News Flash: 

 ” Trade and Industry Ministry held an expert panel meeting to consider standards for shipping gravel from quarries in the prefecture. [ maybe sometime in the distant future]

Noting that extraordinarily high levels of radiation were detected from only the Namie quarry, the experts[sic] said they recommended [ not binding, of course, just a suggestion ] that the ministry only set standards for areas in Fukushima Prefecture where radiation levels remain high. [ let’s not get hasty and check radiation EVERYWHERE]

The ministry will work out the standards in March. [ or maybe April or August or when this story fades ]“