Nuclear disaster drill held near Tsuruga plant

Nuclear disaster drill held near Tsuruga plant

WAKASA, Japan - Local residents undergo screening for radioactive materials at a gymnasium in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, as part of a nuclear disaster drill simulating severe damage to the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear plant in the prefecture caused by a total loss of power in a big earthquake.

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