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Fukushima cleanup to take three extra years

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Decontamination work stemming from the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will take up to three years longer than originally planned, government officials said Dec. 22.

The government will try to complete the work by fiscal 2017, instead of fiscal 2014 , when areas around the crippled plant, currently divided into three zones based on radiation levels, are reorganized.

Of the 11 municipalities undergoing cleanup in Fukushima Prefecture, work has only been completed in the city of Tamura. (Kyodo)

国の除染作業、最大３年延長

福島第１原発事故を受けて、国が直轄で除染する福島県内11市町村の除染の終了時期について、環境省が最大３年間延長する方針を固めたことが12月22日、分かった。

The Japan Times ST: January 3, 2014