Sacks piled up to prevent radiation leaks

Sacks piled up to prevent radiation leaks

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Rectangular-shared bags are piled up outside JCO Co.-operated uranium-processing plant on Oct. 3 in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, where Japan's worst nuclear accident occurred on Sept. 30, to prevent radiation leaks.

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