Tokyo: Officials say the evacuation of residents near Fukushima nuclear plant will be long-term. Many of the tens of thousands of people evacuated from the area around the plant are living in temporary shelters.
The announcement came as high levels of radiation were detected for the first time in groundwater near one of the facility’s six reactors.
Meanwhile, a massive search has begun to find the remains of those missing since the devastating tsunami hit.
Three weeks after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the true number of those who died is still not known.
More than 11,500 people are confirmed dead but nearly 16,500 remain unaccounted for.
More than 100 Japanese and US military planes and 65 ships are scouring the country’s north-eastern coast to locate any remaining bodies.
Employing some 24,000 military personnel, the three-day air and sea operation will focus on shores that were largely submerged or remain under water, as well as the mouths of major rivers.
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