Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons.

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