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Posted: 14 Jul 2014 07:52 AM
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Officials from the agriculture
ministry told reporters on Monday that efforts to clean up debris at the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have been the source of cesium that
contaminated rice crops about twelve and a half miles away in the city of
Minami Soma.
The officials suggested that
the radioactive materials were transported by winds during debris removal
work conducted in August 2013 at the Unit 3 reactor building and called for
TEPCO, operator of the plant, to take measures to address the contamination.
According to the agriculture
ministry in 2013 rice harvested from 14 paddies in Minami Soma contained
cesium levels exceeding the 100 becquerels per kilogram safety limit set by
the Japanese government. Investigations found that the contamination
was found on the outside of the husks.
NHK is reporting that TEPCO
told the agriculture ministry that it will begin using chemicals to suppress
dust from spreading during future debris removal operations at the Unit 1
reactor building.
TEPCO plans to conduct debris
removal operations at the Unit 1 reactor after they disassemble the covers
that were installed to help stem the continuous release of radioactive
materials from the crippled building from escaping.
Source: NHK
Source Japan Times
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