Radioactive
Waste Dumped Into Rivers During Fukushima Clean Up
7
January, 2013
As
the fallout from the Fukushima disaster continues to deepen, more
information is being uncovered about the negligence and dishonesty on
the part of the government and other responsible agencies.
According
to The Asahi Shimbun:“Cleanup crews in Fukushima Prefecture have dumped soil and leaves contaminated with radioactive fallout into rivers. Water sprayed on contaminated buildings has been allowed to drain back into the environment. And supervisors have instructed workers to ignore rules on proper collection and disposal of the radioactive waste.
Decontamination is considered a crucial process in enabling thousands of evacuees to return to their homes around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and resume their normal lives. But the decontamination work witnessed by a team of Asahi Shimbun reporters shows that contractual rules with the Environment Ministry have been regularly and blatantly ignored, and in some cases, could violate environmental laws.
Just
afew weeks ago we reported that A former worker at the Fukushima
nuclear plant has
filed a lawsuit against TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company
for downplaying the danger and severity of the disaster.
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