Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (3rd from L) meets with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) on Aug. 8, 2014, in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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