Radiation-tainted crushed stones used in Fukushima school

NIHONMATSU, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2012, shows an elementary school building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where radiation-contaminated gravel and crushed stones shipped from a quarry in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been used in work to strengthen earthquake resistance. (Kyodo)

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