Truck carries waste from decontamination work in Fukushima

A truck transports radioactive waste left after decontamination work in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, to an interim storage facility elsewhere in the northeastern Japanese prefecture under a pilot transportation project launched as part of efforts for reconstruction from the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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