The government will ask municipalities to check radiation levels at bathing areas this summer in assessing their water quality in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, government officials said Tuesday.
The Environment Ministry will notify local governments of a guideline this month for monitoring radioactive cesium in seas, rivers and lakes in addition to regular screening for coliform bacteria and other contaminants.
The decision comes in response to requests from municipalities for a national guideline for water safety in the light of radioactive contamination of water, soil and food.
Independent inspections of 34 bathing areas by Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures since May have not detected any radioactive materials. There are about 850 bathing areas in the country.
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