Chernobyl still grappling with nuclear disaster

Chernobyl still grappling with nuclear disaster

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine - Photo shows Chernobyl nuclear power plant's reactor No. 4 in Ukraine on March 21, 2011. The reactor was encased in a concrete sarcophagus after the 1986 disaster. (Kyodo)

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