Evacuees visit homes within 3 km of Fukushima plant for 1st time

HIRONO, Japan - A dosimeter shows over 30 microsieverts per hour of radiation in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, within 3 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 26, 2011.

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