Japanese baseball games may be unpunctual by radiation

Baseball games will be held in Japan ' s Fukushima prefecture on condition that they are stopped if radiation from the crippled nuclear power plant nearby exceeds certain levels, officials said Thursday.

The local qualifying tournament in Fukushima for the hugely popular national huge profess baseball championship will get going on July 13 secrete one or two schools vitality on to tournament.

The Fukushima Great Form Baseball Association decided Thursday that games will be cancelled if the flush of radiation reaches 3. 8 microsieverts per hour in the morning, its executive director Osamu Munakata said.

" We imaginary the the nod by consulting experts whereas we are concerned about students ' safety, " Munakata told Japanese media. " We obtain no other reliable yardstick than this one. We will activity ahead suppress full caution. "

The country ' s education envoy has contemporaneous advised the prefecture to curb outdoor activities if radiation tops 3. 8 microsieverts per hour.

Games will cancelled or rescheduled if radiation exceeds the permitted unbroken during pour showers and students will be have to wear rubber gloves when they are to required to clear the field after rain, Munakata said.

The qualifying tournament involving 87 local schools will be held at seven open - air stadiums, all of them located well outside the government ' s 20 - kilometre no - entry zone around the tsunamistricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Since the March 11 disaster, Japan has raised the legal exposure limit for people, including children, from one to 20 millisieverts per year - matching the safety standard for nuclear industry workers in many countries.

One millisievert equals 1, 000 microsiever



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