To help ease parents' concerns, a project is under way in Fukushima Prefecture to measure and post on the Internet round-the-clock levels of radiation at all elementary schools in the prefecture that resulted from the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
The education ministry and the Fukushima prefectural government are installing dosimeters in about 500 elementary schools and 100 sites, including public meeting places and sports facilities, where children gather, in the prefecture.
Ministry officials will release the results, recorded at 50 centimeters above the ground, on the Internet and update the figures every 10 minutes.
The project is slated for launch early this month.
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