Body Containing High Levels of Radiation Found near Fukushima Plant

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By Catherine Makino

TOKYO (majirox news) ? A body was found yesterday containing high levels of radiation in the town of Ookuma-cho, about 5 kilometers from the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant. The Fukushima Police Department received a report of an unidentified body laying outdoors in the area. About 15 policemen dressed in protective gear went to the area.

Since the police detected dangerous levels of radiation, they decided not to take the body back with them, according to NHK. The police did not disclose the level of radiation...

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110329p2a00m0na017000c.html

Mainichi Japan) March 29, 2011
Police suspend effort to remove corpse near troubled nuclear plant due to radiation

Police said they had suspended their effort to remove the body of a man found dead near the troubled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant because the body had a high level of radiation.

The body of an adult man was found on March 27 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 5-6 kilometers from the nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and ensuing tsunami....

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