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

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

TSURUGA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard patrol voat and an Air Self-Defense Force helicopter take part in the first exercise organized by the Japanese government under the safe evacuation law in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Seen behind in the fast-breeder reactor Monju located in Tsuruga on the Sea of Japan. The exercise was based on a scenario that a nuclear power plant came under a terrorist attack.

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