Japan's reconstruction minister visits Chernobyl

A Japanese minister has visited Chernobyl in Ukraine to learn from the recovery from the severe nuclear accident there.

Takumi Nemoto is in charge of reconstructing areas affected by the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant 2 years ago.

He visited the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl on Saturday. It was the site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986.

Ukrainian officials and engineers explained to him how the accident occurred and what the government has done in its wake.

They also briefed him on how they store spent fuel and decontaminate local communities.
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