‘WW2 bomb’ found near Fukushima nuclear plant

A suspected Second World War bomb was found yesterday during construction work near the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.

The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said that a worker spotted it while digging at a parking lot half a mile north of the reactors destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Tepco said that a 200-metre (650-foot) area around the site was closed off, and that it was far enough away not to affect the delicate plant decommissioning work.