Explosion at nuclear reactor

Explosion at nuclear reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2008 shows the No.1 reactor (R) at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO said on March 12, 2011, that an explosion occurred the same day at the reactor, injuring its four workers. The area was struck by Japan's strongest recorded earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 the previous day.

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