Experiments to decontaminate soil to start

Experiments to decontaminate soil to start

The Japanese government will start experiments aimed at cleaning up soil contaminated by radiation in areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant so that farming can hopefully resume there.

The government has banned rice growing within a 30 kilometers radius of the plant and in some areas where a high level of radioactive cesium was detected in the soil.

...Seeking to restart the farming, the agriculture ministry plans to test ways to reduce the radiation levels in the soil in Iitate Village in the evacuation zone, starting from June.

One idea is to swamp the paddies with water, stir up, and then wash away the radioactive substances.

Another idea is...
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_02.html

And "decontaminating" soil over an area of about 2800 square kilometers (over 1000 sq mi), to boot.

Yeah, that'll work out just fine.

It is to be expected that they would be grasping at straws. It is heartbreaking to watch this...

oh nevermind.

:hi: txlibdem

What the fuck is the deal anyway
Experiments

Very different kind of crop land.

I hate to bring it up, but I know some genetic engineers - they've developed organisms which are supposed to be very efective at this.

Japan needs some biowarfare to top off this sundae of nuke foobar.

I'm all for the idea.

Bioremediation is a darn good plan. They'll probably also remove a few inches of topsoil.