Tokyo, Sept. 15 (Jiji Press)—The total volume of radiation-contaminated soil in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, that may have to be removed could reach 100 million cubic meters, a researcher said Thursday.
The amount is almost equivalent to the combined remaining capacity of garbage treatment facilities across the country, said Yuichi Moriguchi, professor of environmental system engineering at University of Tokyo.
The prefecture hosts Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima (…)