I suspect this does only reflects a small part of the damage done at Fukushima by this tropical storm
Bags
of radioactive waste swept away after river in Fukushima village
overflows
12
September, 2015
At
least 82 large bags filled with radioactive waste from
decontamination efforts were washed away when a river overflowed in
the Fukushima prefectural village of Iitate, which was entirely
evacuated following the March 2011 nuclear disaster, the Ministry of
the Environment announced on Sept. 11.
While
37 of the bags -- each of which had a volume of 1 cubic meter -- were
later recovered, the heavy machinery used for the retrieval operation
was unable to enter certain areas due to flooding, making the
recovery of the remaining bags difficult.
Ministry
officials said the bags contained grass and tree parts from
decontamination work at places including local farmland. No evidence
of leaks of the waste has been found.
The
bags were being kept outdoors at the locations where the
decontamination took place so that they could later be transported to
a temporary storage facility. However, they were swept away in the
river current between the evening of Sept. 10 and the morning of
Sept. 11 due to flooding in areas including the Niida River. Ministry
officials learned about the incident after Iitate village officials
reported it at around 6 a.m. on Sept. 11.
Mudslides
and flooding damage were also confirmed at five locations in Iitate
and the prefectural town of Kawamata where the decontamination waste
is temporarily being stored, but there has been no evidence regarding
leakage of the waste.
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