Demolition of reactor building cover starts

Demolition of reactor building cover starts

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2014 shows the covered No. 1 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan (far R at front). On Oct. 22, 2014, Tokyo Electric Power Co. began dismantling the cover, which was installed to prevent the dispersal of radioactive materials.

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