Radioactive ash from burning the sewer sludge from May and June 2011 is dumped, with no protection, in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, April 2012. Levels of radioactivity are up to double the legal limit. Next to the site is a high school. ex-skf.blogspot.com

By arevamirpal::laprimavera
22 April 2012 Kiryu City’s assemblyman Hidenori Nishimaki and Assemblywoman Yuki Niwayama visited the final disposal site for sewer sludge and took some pictures. The site is maintained by the city’s water department. First, this is how the ashes from burning the sewer sludge from May and June last year is stored safely. The ashes from May were found with 16,670 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium, and the ashes from June with 9,623 becquerels/kg, says Assemblyman Nishimaki. If you think they are not supposed to dump the ashes with more than 8,000 becquerels/kg in the final disposal site, you are right, but they do it anyway in Kiryu City. (Probably Kiryu is not alone.) […]

(UPDATED) Ashes from Sewer Sludge with 16,670 Bq/kg Cesium Dumped in the Final Disposal Site in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture