Dhaka, May 29 -- Slightly radioactive soil from near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be transported to Tokyo and used in flower beds in the prime minister's garden, in an attempt to prove to a skeptical public that the material is safe.

The decision comes 14 years after the plant suffered a triple meltdown in the world's worst nuclear accident since Chornobyl.

The sample will be taken from 14 million cubic metres of soil - enough to fill 10 baseball stadiums - that has been removed from near the plant during work to make local neighbourhoods fit for the return of evacuated residents.

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