Greenpeace briefs press on nuclear accident

Greenpeace briefs press on nuclear accident

MITO, Japan - Jan Rispens of Greenpeace International shows reporters in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture on Oct. 7 the environmental group's analysis of the nuclear accident that occurred Sept. 30 at a uranium-processing company in Tokaimura in the same prefecture.

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