Frantic clean-up at Fukushima plant


Delicate task: A worker in hazmat suit walking at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma. — AP

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 years ago, with workers walking around in many areas wearing only surgical masks and regular clothes.

It’s a different story for those who enter the reactor buildings, including the three damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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