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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Radiation levels soar at Japan nuclear plant

Radiation levels soar at Japan nuclear plant
 

Kitakami, Japan (AFP) March 27, 2011 - Very high levels of radiation detected in water leaking from a reactor at a nuclear plant in Japan dealt a new setback Sunday to efforts to bring the stricken facility under control. The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi plant said it had detected radiation levels 10 million times higher than usual in leaked water at reactor two, as white steam continued to rise from the tsunami-battered fac ... more
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