Saturday, January 5, 2013

Decontamination companies suspected of illegally cumping radioactive waste


Decontamination companies suspected of illegally dumping radioactive waste in ...
The Japan Times
Decontamination companies suspected of illegally dumping radioactive waste in Fukushima. Kyodo. Contractors might be illegally dumping radiation-tainted soil, vegetation and water into rivers or other places near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20130105a1.html

CROOKED CLEANUP: Government mishandled complaints about shoddy ...

Asahi Shimbun - ‎1
Environment Ministry officials failed to act on a flood of complaints from residents in Fukushima Prefecture about companies carrying out shoddy decontamination work. No effort was even made to record the number or contents of those complaints, in part ...

Cleanup Crews Near Fukushima Plant Dump Waste in Rivers, Newspaper Reports

New York Times (blog) -
According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, cleanup crews working near the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, “dumped soil and leaves contaminated with radioactive fallout into rivers.” CROOKED CLEANUP (1): Radioactive waste dumped into rivers during ...

Ministry to probe lax decontamination

The Daily Yomiuri -
The Environment Ministry started an investigation Friday into whether decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture is being carried out according to the ministry's instructions, in response to allegations that contractors have been lax in their compliance.

CROOKED CLEANUP (2): Some decontamination workers sorry for following ...

Asahi Shimbun -
A man in his 20s questioned the shady practices involved in decontaminating areas in Fukushima Prefecture, only to be assured that everything was OK. He continued working and watching others around him dump the collected waste instead of properly ...

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