decontamination work

CROOKED CLEANUP: Government to investigate...
Crews clean a road in preparatory work for full-scale decontamination in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, in March 2012. (Provided by the Environment Ministry)
January 07, 2013
The government will investigate decontamination work around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant following reports that potentially radioactive debris has been dumped into the...
CROOKED CLEANUP: Government mishandled complaints...
Workers dump collected debris, such as vegetation and stones, into a river in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 11. (The Asahi Shimbun)
January 05, 2013
Environment Ministry officials failed to act on a flood of complaints from residents in Fukushima Prefecture about companies carrying out shoddy decontamination work.
CROOKED CLEANUP (1): Radioactive waste dumped into...
The Asahi Shimbun
January 04, 2013
Cleanup crews in Fukushima Prefecture have dumped soil and leaves contaminated with radioactive fallout into rivers. Water sprayed on contaminated buildings has been allowed to ...
CROOKED CLEANUP (2): Some decontamination workers...
Fallen leaves and debris gather along a slope by a road in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture. (Miki Aoki)
January 04, 2013
A man in his 20s questioned the shady practices involved in decontaminating areas in Fukushima Prefecture, only to be assured that everything was OK.
CROOKED CLEANUP (3): Reporters document extent of...
Two workers wash off dirt from their rubber boots and rakes after decontamination work in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. (Tamiyuki Kihara)
January 04, 2013
To discover the extent of shoddy decontamination practices, Asahi Shimbun reporters spent 130 hours observing, photographing and interviewing workers at various locations in...
No simple steps to carrying out decontamination work
Workers hose down the roof of the town office in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 4 as part of decontamination work. (Kengo Hiyoshi)
December 05, 2011
FUKUSHIMA--Work to decontaminate areas around the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is, if nothing else, labor-intensive, painstaking and costly.
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