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Japan to map radioactive debris in farmlands

By Clarice Africa | 5 August 2011

The Government of Japan is planning to map the concentration of radioactive substances in farmlands as part of its on going effort to deal with the radioactive material released from the now disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which suffered major damages from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and a subsequent tsunami that hit the country on March 11, 2011.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will analyse 500 farm land sites mostly located in the Fukushima prefecture. In addition, the Ministry of Environment will check radioactive contaminated debris in the government declared “no go” zone near the nuclear plant.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to install 250 radioactive monitoring devices in Japan’s 47 prefectures by the end of the year. With this move, the Ministry aims to introduce a system that will monitor levels of radioactive substances 24/7 and disseminate relevant information to the public.

The ministry also plans to enhance studies of seawater off the coasts of Fukushima, Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures in cooperation with the Fisheries Agency and the Japan Coast Guard.

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