Gov't eyes 100 bil. yen fund to track Fukushima residents' health (JAPAN)

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A young evacuee is screened at a shelter for leaked radiation from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, Thursday, March 24, 2011 in Fukushima, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to establish a 100 billion yen fund to keep track of the health of all residents of Fukushima Prefecture for 30 years following radiation leaks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, government sources said Thursday.

The government plans to allocate 78 billion yen in a second supplementary budget for the current fiscal year and plans to ask the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., to contribute 25 billion yen to the fund.


A woman feeds her baby at a shelter for those evacuated away from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Wednesday, March 16, 2011, in Koriyama, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The study is aimed at managing and monitoring the health of the prefecture's residents amid concern about the long-term impact from continuing radiation leaks at the plant more than three months after the start of the crisis.

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