Japan recognizes first death related to Fukushima cleanup

By Chie Kobayashi and Debra Goldschmidt, CNN

Updated 2027 GMT (0427 HKT) September 7, 2018

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A mountain of black bags filled with contaminated soil sits piled on a roadside in Tomioka, Fukushima. A massive national project to remove topsoil and vegetation contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster will produce at least 22 million square meters of radioactive waste.
Photos: Fukushima cleanup could take 40 years
A mountain of black bags filled with contaminated soil sits piled on a roadside in Tomioka, Fukushima. A massive national project to remove topsoil and vegetation contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster will produce at least 22 million square meters of radioactive waste.
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Colossal quantities of contaminated material have been collected from the Fukushima site and surrounding area. What will be done to dispose them still remains to be seen.
Photos: Fukushima cleanup could take 40 years
Colossal quantities of contaminated material have been collected from the Fukushima site and surrounding area. What will be done to dispose them still remains to be seen.
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One of hundreds of temporary storage sites for contaminated material.
Photos: Fukushima cleanup could take 40 years
One of hundreds of temporary storage sites for contaminated material.
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