Namie and Futaba to be cleaned up?

June 10, 2013

Decontamination trials for Fukushima no-entry zone

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130611_06.html

Officials from Japan's environment ministry say they plan to conduct trial clean-ups in the no-entry zone near the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The government has designated parts of 7 municipalities as areas in which radiation is still too high for residents to return.

Officials have delayed major clean-up operations for fear of exposure to the high radiation.

But environmental officials say they will now ask local governments and landowners to approve decontamination trials in the towns of Namie and Futaba.

They hope to begin working on residential areas, roads and agricultural fields in Namie Town in August. They aim to work on kindergartens and hospitals in Futaba Town from September.

They will examine how the procedures affect radiation levels and publish the results by the end of this year.