Radioactive fuel, contaminated water: the Fukushima clean-up

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan (AFP) March 11, 2022

Eleven years after a devastating tsunami hit Japan’s northeast, thousands of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are involved in the complex and decades-long process of decommissioning the site.

Here are some facts about the situation at the plant, which AFP visited this month:

The damage

Three of Fukushima’s six reactors were operating when the tsunami hit on March 11, 20
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