Tokaimura mayor calls for scrapping nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Murakami (2nd from L), mayor of the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2011 in Tokyo conveys a request to nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) that the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power station in the village be decommissioned. The head of Tokaimura said during a meeting with Hosono that the plant does not meet location requirements because one million people live within a 30-kilometer radius.

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