16-03-2018 14:12 via theguardian.com

Is Fukushima doomed to become a dumping ground for toxic waste?

Despite promises of revitalisation from Japan’s government, seven years on from the nuclear disaster the area is still desolateThis month, seven years after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi reactor meltdowns and explosions that blanketed hundreds of square kilometres of northeastern Japan with radioactive debris, government officials and politicians spoke in hopeful terms about Fukushima’s prosperous future. Nevertheless, perhaps the single most important element of Fukushima’s futur
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