17 May 2013 (09:51 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Rajab 1434/27 Ordibehest 1392/08 Ding-Si (4th month) 4711

More than two years after the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi reactors melted down, radiation cleanup by national and local governments has proven to be a failure.

NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) conducted their own research and they were disappointed with the results.

Only 5% of contaminated homes have been decontaminated by local governments.  Only 4% of contaminated land has been cleaned up by the national government.

The research also revealed that in 77% of the areas considered ‘cleaned up’, the radiation levels are still above government safe limits.

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology is calling for an investigation into how the ‘cleanup’ operations are being conducted.