Gov't starts preparing for decontamination waste transfer

Gov't starts preparing for decontamination waste transfer

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 13, 2015, shows decontamination waste at a temporary shortage space in the northeastern Japan city of Okuma. The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant can be seen at the top of the photo. The government started the same day preparing for the transfer of the waste to a planned construction site for interim storage facilities. The starting date of construction remains unknown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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