Fukushima mobilizes 3,900 to help decontaminate 'hot spots' (JAPAN)

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FUKUSHIMA —

Decontamination efforts began at several “hot spots” – areas where especially high radiation levels were detected - in and around Fukushima City on Sunday and continued Monday. Some 400 experts and 3,500 residents are participating in the effort. Residents worked to haul mud and debris from gutters and deweed the area.

Additionally, a specialized cleaning vehicle decontaminated certain roads, especially those used by children to commute to school. After the initial cleanup, residents reported Monday morning that the radiation level had dropped by about half, to around 5 microseiverts an hour.

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IAEA chief visits stricken Fukushima nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA —

The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency headed for Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant on Monday to survey efforts to contain the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is going to Fukushima to study Japan’s progress under its “roadmap” to contain the accident. “I would like to assess what the IAEA can do to help,” the former senior Japanese diplomat told reporters at a train station near the site.

“I would like to hear from the crews on the ground about the hardships they go through and their feelings as they do their work day in and day out,” he was quoted as saying by public broadcaster NHK.

The Fukushima plant was battered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and suffered meltdowns and explosions in the days that followed.

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