"The long road to recovery remains stuck at square one, with the government unable to decide how to handle the rubble and radioactive debris that still plagues much of the region, not to mention the radioactive waste that is being found far outside of Fukushima."

"Hot spots are spreading, schools just hide dangerous soil."

In a usual understatement, Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said last month- "This is an issue that calls for a certain amount of thorough examination."
"According to the ministry, any radioactive waste measuring 8,000 becquerels of caesium per killogram can be managed by disposal sites, but separately from other garbage and only if the facility is equipped with special filters."
"...officials settled on 8000 becquerels because that level is deemed safe for the people directly involver with handling the waste." This waste will be buried in waste dumps. "Where the burial facility will be located remains undecided."

Outsife Fukushima Prefecture, "a sludge plant in Koto Ward, Tokyo, had a level of radioactivity of about 170,000 becquerels per kilogram." "A group of local mothers argue that the area is now a radioactivity hot spot."

Friday, July 1, 2011, Japan Times- "Radioactive Debris Dilemma Unresolved, Growing Worse." Jun Hongo, stall writer.