Radiation monitoring center opens in coastal Fukushima [View all]

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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

MINAMI-SOMA, Fukushima Prefecture--A research headquarters to monitor radiation levels from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant around the clock opened here Nov. 16.

A branch of the Fukushima Prefectural Center for Environmental Creation, the "environmental radiation center" in coastal Minami-Soma city operates with a total budget of 2.7 billion yen ($21.88 million).

“The center will conduct more minute and precise radiation monitoring and release accurate data to the public to dispel the anxiety of Fukushima residents and negative publicity (about radioactive contamination),” Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori said Nov. 16.

The 1.8-hecter facility was set up to oversee programs to monitor radiation and soil contamination levels in the prefecture's Hamadori coastal region.

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