TEPCO said that 200 meters (200 yards) around the site was closed off, far enough not to affect the delicate plant decommissioning work.
The area was home to a wartime airport that was targeted by U.S. fire bombings, TEPCO said. (Photo: AP)
Tokyo: A suspected wartime bomb was dug up at Thursday a construction site near the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant complex.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said that a worker spotted the suspected bomb early Thursday while digging the ground at a parking lot about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) north of the reactors destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
TEPCO said that 200 meters (200 yards) around the site was closed off, far enough not to affect the delicate plant decommissioning work.
Officials said the rusty object was about 85 centimeters (33 inches) long and 15 centimeters (6 inches) wide. A military unit was headed to the site.
The area was home to a wartime airport that was targeted by U.S. fire bombings, TEPCO said.
( Source : AP )
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