Flecon bags piling up in a cemetery, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture （June 13, 2019）

Words under the clock:”Harmony between people and the environment   Attractive city Koriyama”

Tons of black “flecon bags” – a Japanese contraction of flexible container bag – which include soil and waste polluted with radioactive substances are piling up at Higashiyama Cemetery in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture.

These bags were temporarily stored on the site, surrounded by stainless steel plates. There are no signs of “radioactive waste” – simply written as “removed soil.”

Koriyama, 70 kilometers west of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, shows relatively higher level of radiation due to the radioactive fallout from the crippled plant.

The cemetery is located in 10 kilometers southeast from JR Koriyama station.

The cemetery in Koriyama

A close-up view of the red circle in the above photo

　　　　　　　　　　　A closer look and view from the gap between the stainless steel plates

                                   Inserting the iPad into the gap,a scene of the right shot

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Similarly, scene of the left shot

                               Large storage area for tons of black “flecon bags”

 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Same as above

More pictures are available from the Japanese website.

Click here: http://chernobyl-law-injapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-post_13.html

【Breaking News】 Citizens in Ise City to re-challenge for the “Chernobyl Law in Japan”

A group of citizens in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, will re-start a direct initiative calling for the enactment of the “Chernobyl Law in Japan” in 2020. 

 

The kick-off meeting is scheduled for February 15, 2020, at Ise City Plaza, Ise City. 

The group needs to collect a certain number of signatures in a designated period to bring the agenda to the municipal assembly to formally discuss. 

Earlier this year, in August 2019, the group actually started their grassroots initiative. However, it was not successful. They only collected 64 percent of the required numbers (or one 50th of the municipal population of 18+ years old) during the one-month period. 

 　　　　　　　　　Press conference for a direct initiative calling for the enactment of the

　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　“Chernobyl Law in Japan” on February 6, 2019

This is the first development in Japan toward making a local ordinance that protects the health and safety of people from radiation exposure following the Fukushima disaster.  

 

Details will be communicated using this blog site.