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The theft was discovered at the end of July during demolition work in the town of Okuma, which was initially completely evacuated due to high levels of radiation following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, as the Japanese Environment Ministry announced on Thursday.
The company responsible for the demolition work has informed the Ministry of the Environment, said ministry representative Kei Osada. His office and the police cooperated in the investigation. According to information from the Japanese newspaper “Mainichi Shimbun”, the workers sold the scrap for the equivalent of around 5,700 euros. It is unclear how dangerous the material is, Osada said. However, since these were probably steel beams from inside the building, he considers highly radioactive contamination to be unlikely.
Since the nuclear disaster, Japanese authorities have been working to decontaminate the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its surroundings. The restricted areas were gradually lifted and today only 2.2 percent of the administrative district is still inaccessible. Residents have been allowed to return to Okuma since 2019.
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