Japan nuclear crisis

Japan nuclear crisis

NIHOMMATSU, Japan - Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces wearing protective gear get ready for radioactive decontamination operations in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, after high levels of radiation were detected in the area along with troubles at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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