Nihonmatsu City launches decontamination section

A city office in Fukushima Prefecture has launched a section dedicated exclusively to monitoring and removing radiation discharged from the disaster-stricken nuclear plant.

Nihonmatsu City launched the 6-member section on Friday.

The city is about 50 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Relatively high levels of radiation have been detected in parts of the city.

One township recently found radioactive cesium in pre-harvest rice at levels as high as the government's safety limit.

The new section is to measure levels of radioactive substances in soil, well water and crops, and draw up a decontamination plan for the city.

Friday, September 30, 2011 15:04 +0900 (JST)