Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

Removing topsoil from Fukushima school playgrounds

KORIYAMA, Japan - A radiation detector indicates a level of 3.0 microsieverts per hour at Kaoru Elementary School in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, ahead of work to remove playground topsoil amid radiation leaks from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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