Japan has evacuated civilians from areas surrounding the troubled plant, but Cirincione says radiation could spread far beyond Japan if efforts to contain the crisis fail.

日本已经疏散了处于险境的核电站周边的平民百姓，但是奇林乔内说，如果局限这次危机的努力失败，核辐射可能蔓延到远离日本的地区。

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Urban Eco-agriculture produced in the city has a high level of radiation metropolitan area and its surrounding areas.

都市生态农业，产生在具有较高的城市化水平的大都市周边地区及其辐射地区。

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The government also has released ambitious plans to decontaminate surrounding areas to radiation levels that while still many times what they were before the accident are considered well below levels that scientists have found to be dangerous.

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While Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has been grappling to bring the crisis under control, it has been hard to predict the extent of damage caused to the plant and also to the surrounding areas because of radiation leaks.

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