Radiation decontamination experiment in Fukushima Pref.

Radiation decontamination experiment in Fukushima Pref.

MINAMISOMA, Japan - An experiment is conducted to remove radioactive substances from agricultural water using rice husks at a paddy field in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2011. The prefectural government, which has been searching for effective radiation decontamination methods after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, started the experiment the same day. (Kyodo)

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