GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive. (Kyodo)

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