Local residents receive radiation check

Local residents receive radiation check

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Local residents receive radiation checkups at a town hall in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 1 following Sept. 30's accident at a uranium processing plant. Over 40 people were confirmed to have been exposed to radiation.

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