Irish Chernobyl campaigner encourages Fukushima residents

Irish Chernobyl campaigner encourages Fukushima residents

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Adi Roche (L), chief executive officer of the charity group Chernobyl Children International based in Ireland, talks with Minamisoma Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai at the city hall in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the area. The southern part of the city is designated a no-go zone due to its proximity to the radiation-spewing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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