Radioactive waste moved to interim storage site in Fukushima town

A bag containing radioactive soil and other waste generated during cleanup work after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis is placed by a crane in part of a projected interim storage site in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2015, following the start of waste shipment from elsewhere in the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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