Gov't designates new 'hot spots' near Fukushima plant

Gov't designates new 'hot spots' near Fukushima plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A radiation counter (L bottom) shows 4.30 microsieverts per hour of radiation in Takanokura in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 21, 2011. The government the same day newly designated 59 households in Takanokura and three other areas in Minamisoma, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as located in ''hot spots'' recommended for evacuation. (Kyodo)

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