Radioactive soil in Kashiwa

KASHIWA, Japan - A plastic sheet covers an area where a high level of radioactive cesium has been detected in the soil in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 23, 2011. A science ministry official said after inspecting the site the same day that the radioactive cesium is likely to have originated in rainwater contaminated with fallout from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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