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Exclusion area to be made off-limits

KAWAMATA, Japan - A man checks radiation levels of a bicycle in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011, after it was transported from the area within a 30-kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The government will make the area within a 20-km radius of the crisis-hit plant covered by its evacuation directive into an off-limits zone to enhance its control of the area, senior officials said the same day.

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Exclusion area to be made off-limits

KAWAMATA, Japan - A sign on a road in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, says ''danger zone'' to caution vehicles against entering an area within a 20-kilometer radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 10, 2011. The government will make the area within a 20-km radius of the crisis-hit plant covered by its evacuation directive into an off-limits zone to enhance its control of the area, senior officials said the same day.

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Radiation exposure test

KAWAMATA, Japan - An evacuee (C) is tested for radiation exposure in a shelter in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011. Anxiety is growing among evacuees in the area after a blast occurred the previous day at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant hit by the March 11 massive earthquake and fears increased over radioactive leaks.