Obayashi Corp. has developed a method to decontaminate radiation-tainted pavement that is over three times as efficient as the conventional means, according to the major general contractor.
Most pavement contaminated with radiation from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is cleaned with water under high pressure, but this method tends to scatter radioactive materials because it is difficult to collect the wash water.
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