Japan extends evacuation areas around Fukushima plant

Japan extends evacuation areas around Fukushima plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - CLARIFYING LOCATION OF CHECKPOINT Police officers man a checkpoint in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 11, 2011, a month after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami disaster. The Japanese government on the same day expanded its evacuation order to include some areas with high amounts of cumulative radioactive materials beyond the evacuation zone of a 20-kilometer radius from the plant.

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