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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks decontaminate during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks decontaminate during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Workers decontaminate equipment at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Workers decontaminate equipment after removing fuel rods from the spent fuel pool inside the damaged No. 4 nuclear reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 15, 2014. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill

YEONCHEON, South Korea - Soldiers decontaminate a vehicle that was used in an area assumed to be polluted in a U.S. and South Korean joint drill in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, northern South Korea, on May 16, 2013.

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Counterterrorism drill ahead of TICAD meeting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Yokohama city government holds a counterterrorism drill in the city near Tokyo on May 8, 2013, ahead of an international conference on African development to be held on June 1 to 3. In this photo, Ground Self-Defense Force personnel decontaminate an area based on the scenario that a chemical substance has been sprayed.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Workers decontaminate farmland in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Decontamination waste in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Waste from work to decontaminate areas hit by radioactive substances from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is gathered at a baseball park in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2012.

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Radiation decontamination efforts in Kawauchi village

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Women decontaminate a school room curtain exposed to radioactive material at an elementary school gymnasium in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012. The mayor of Kawauchi on the previous day called on villagers who were forced to relocate after the nuclear power plant crisis to return home.

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SDF member decontaminates Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces removes soil near the Tomioka town hall in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2011. SDF members have been mobilized to help decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day.

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GSDF troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011.

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day.

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day.

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers decontaminate the roof of the Okuma town office near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2011.

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Environment minister Hosono joins decontamination work

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (R front) scrapes off the topsoil of a residential garden in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2011, to decontaminate radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture with around 60 volunteer workers.

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Volunteers decontaminate Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volunteers from various areas of Japan clean fallen leaves in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 29, 2011, as part of work to decontaminate radioactive substances emitted from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA team in Japan

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency view a model project to decontaminate an area in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2011, near the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They are in Japan to assist in the decontamination of areas near the crippled plant.

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Fukushima decontamination

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers remove grass before work to decontaminate the soil in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 9, 2011. Radioactive materials have contaminated the soil following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Experiment to decontaminate farmland

IITATE, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (front, R) and Norio Kanno (front, L), mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, sow sunflower seeds at a field rented from a local farmer in the village on May 28, 2011, as Japan began the same day an experiment to remove radioactive materials from farmland by growing plants and using a mineral, amid radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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J-Village soccer facility in Fukushima being decontaminated

Workers decontaminate slopes surrounding the J-Village soccer ground in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 13, 2015, in the Environment Ministry's full-scale cleanup work for the facility. J-Village has been used as a base for workers decontaminating the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant since the 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Work is under way on March 24, 2021, to decontaminate and dismantle the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled in the March 11, 2011, huge earthquake and subsequent tsunami, in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Experiment to decontaminate farmland

IITATE, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (front, R) and Norio Kanno (front, L), mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, sow sunflower seeds at a field rented from a local farmer in the village on May 28, 2011, as Japan began the same day an experiment to remove radioactive materials from farmland by growing plants and using a mineral, amid radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima decontamination

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers remove grass before work to decontaminate the soil in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 9, 2011. Radioactive materials have contaminated the soil following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO halts water decontamination system

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows the place where chemicals were found to have leaked from a pipe that is part of a system to decontaminate water being used to cool reactors in the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on July 10, 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co. halted the system after discovering the chemicals were leaking. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

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Decontamination waste in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Waste from work to decontaminate areas hit by radioactive substances from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is gathered at a baseball park in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Radiation decontamination efforts in Kawauchi village

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Women decontaminate a school room curtain exposed to radioactive material at an elementary school gymnasium in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012. The mayor of Kawauchi on the previous day called on villagers who were forced to relocate after the nuclear power plant crisis to return home. (Kyodo)

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SDF member decontaminates Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces removes soil near the Tomioka town hall in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 8, 2011. SDF members have been mobilized to help decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)

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GSDF troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day. (Kyodo)

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day. (Kyodo)

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day. (Kyodo)

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Ground troops decontaminate Fukushima

IITATE, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force decontaminate areas tainted with radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station near the village hall in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 7, 2011. The GSDF began the decontamination operation that day. (Kyodo)

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers decontaminate the roof of the Okuma town office near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Mobile radiation-tainted water treatment system

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. and IHI Corp. unveil the SARRY-Aqua water treatment system in Yokohama on Dec. 22, 2011. The mobile system has been developed to decontaminate water tainted with radioactive cesium outside of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Environment minister Hosono joins decontamination work

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (R front) scrapes off the topsoil of a residential garden in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2011, to decontaminate radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture with around 60 volunteer workers. (Kyodo)

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IAEA team in Japan

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency view a model project to decontaminate an area in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2011, near the radiation-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They are in Japan to assist in the decontamination of areas near the crippled plant. (Kyodo)

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Volunteers decontaminate Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volunteers from various areas of Japan clean fallen leaves in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 29, 2011, as part of work to decontaminate radioactive substances emitted from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Japan decides to use state fund for decontaminating Fukushima

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks in a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disasters at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2016. Japan decided the same day to use state funds to decontaminate areas worst hit by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns, marking a shift from its position of making the operator of the crisis-hit power plant cover the costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo