Japan Government Apologizes to Fukushima Residents Over Botched Radiation Clean Up
Japan Government Apologizes to Fukushima Residents Over Botched Radiation Clean Up
Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue visited Fukushima on Wednesday and apologized to local residents, following disclosures of sloppy decontamination work.
Inoue said the government will clamp down on contractors cleaning up radioactive material around the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant.
The Environment Ministry hired the nation’s leading contractors to cleanse towns and villages near the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi power plant, starting with four relatively uncontaminated areas.
But the Asahi Shimbun reported last week that dirty soil, leaves and water have been dumped directly into rivers. The paper cited workers as saying they were told to sweep only around radiation monitoring sites.
Read the rest of the story: Govt apologizes to Fukushima residents for sloppy decontamination work.
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