Japan's industry minister visits Chernobyl nuclear disaster site

Japan's industry minister visits Chernobyl nuclear disaster site

Japanese industry minister Hiroshige Seko visits on May 4, 2017 the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine to learn lessons that could be useful for Japan in the process of scrapping reactors that melted down in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The exploded No. 4 reactor at the nuclear plant in the former Soviet republic is visible in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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