IAEA chief to visit Fukushima Daiichi plant

IAEA chief to visit Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARITA, Japan - Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture on July 24, 2011, upon his arrival in Japan for a weeklong visit during which he will inspect the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for the first time to get a better understanding of the nation's worst nuclear accident.

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