1st exercise under safe evacuation law carried out around N-plant

MIHAMA, Japan - About 1,300 people from 130 organizations, including municipalities, police, the Self-Defense Forces, electric power firms and local broadcasters, participate in the first exercise organized by the Japanese government in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27 under the safe evacuation law. The exercise was based on a scenario involving a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant located in the town facing the Japan Sea.

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