Minister apologizes for remark on Fukushima nuclear soil storage

Minister apologizes for remark on Fukushima nuclear soil storage

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara apologizes on June 23, 2014, in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, for a remark suggesting the issue of where to store contaminated soil from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is a matter of money. He bowed to Okuma Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe, whose town is one of the candidate sites for the construction of temporary storage facilities for the waste. (Kyodo)

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