Dozens of bags of slightly radioactive soil taken from the area of the damaged nuclear power plant "Fukushima" were delivered yesterday to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to show the public that this soil can be safely used again, reported Agence France-Presse, reported BTA.
Shortly after the tsunami and nuclear disaster in March 2011, authorities removed a layer of contaminated soil from large parts of the territory of Fukushima to reduce radiation levels. Since then, about 14 million cubic meters of soil have been stored in facilities near the "Fukushima-1" plant, and the government intends to by 2045. to transfer them to other parts of the country.
According to the environment ministry, the level of radioactivity in the soil is low, equal to or less than that of one x-ray per year for people who come into direct contact with it.
Due to public reservations about the contaminated soil, the government has decided to use some of it only to demonstrate that it is not dangerous. A 20-centimeter layer of uncontaminated soil will then be poured over the Fukushima soil, the environment ministry explained.