Evacuees visit homes within 3 km of Fukushima plant for 1st time

Evacuees visit homes within 3 km of Fukushima plant for 1st time

HIRONO, Japan - Natsu Suzuki, a 16-year-old high school student, wearing radiation protection gear, sorts through his belongings at his home in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, within 3 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Aug. 26, 2011. Suzuki was among nearly 150 evacuees from areas within 3 km of the plant who were allowed to visit their homes for the first time in five and a half months since the complex was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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