concrete

Rising concrete prices hamper recovery in Tohoku...
Firefighters in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, work out of prefabricated buildings as they wait for their tsunami-damaged fire station to be rebuilt. (Osamu Mikami)
February 19, 2013
Soaring prices of construction materials have scared off contractors and are stalling projects in the areas of northeastern Japan that were devastated by the March 2011 quake...
TV tubes could help contain Fukushima radiation
Workers make the lid of the lead concrete container at a factory in Fukushima Prefecture on May 30. (Shunsuke Kimura)
June 22, 2012
Japan’s growing mountain of cathode-ray tubes from obsolete televisions could be recycled to help safely store soil contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
EDITORIAL: Reconstruction efforts should focus more ...
March 10, 2012
A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, it behooves us to reflect on measures to rebuild devastated areas in the Tohoku region.
Ministry to track shipments of contaminated stone
Stones in the inventory of stone crusher Futaba Saiseki Kogyo remain stored Jan. 16 under this roofing in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, within the confines of the government-designated planned evacuation zone. (Gen Hashimoto)
January 17, 2012
The industry ministry will investigate the distribution routes of crushed stone with possible high radioactive levels shipped by 17 quarry operators and stone crushers in...
Evacuees may move due to radioactive concrete
Concrete used in this apartment in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, is apparently contaminated with high radiation levels. (Gen Hashimoto)
January 16, 2012
Concrete with high radiation levels was likely used for the foundation of an apartment building in Fukushima Prefecture, forcing the builder to find new homes for some of the...
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