ENVIRONMENT - Japan to Spend Almost $500 Million on Water Crisis at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, stepping up government efforts to cope with the legacy of the worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century.

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