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Japan’s govt confirms cases of badly done nuclear decontamination work

CROOKED CLEANUP: Government confirms 5 cases of shoddy decontamination
work January 18, 2013 THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
The Environment Ministry on Jan. 18 said that there have been five
cases of shoddy decontamination work around the crippled Fukushima No.
1 nuclear power plant and has punished the general contractors
involved in the cleanup effort.

In the five instances, three general contractors were ordered to take
corrective actions, the ministry said on Jan. 18 in its report on the
investigation into the central government-commissioned work, following
reports of the suspected such dumping of potentially radioactive
debris. Two other contractors were given guidance on following proper
procedures.

The ministry also announced that countermeasures would be taken for
preventing illegal dumping in the future….
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201301180075

January 21, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2013