Temporary radioactive waste storage site shown in Fukushima town

A temporary place for keeping radioactive soil and other waste inside a planned site for interim storage facilities is shown to the press in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2015, at the start of shipment of bags containing waste generated during cleanup work after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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