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Monday, May 16, 2011

Japan shuts down atomic plant in quake danger zone

Japan shuts down atomic plant in quake danger zone
Tokyo (AFP) May 14, 2011 - Japan shut down the final working reactor at a nuclear plant near a tectonic faultline Saturday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged a new law to help compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Workers suspended the Hamaoka powerstation's number-five reactor at 1:00 pm (0400 GMT) in a bid to avoid a repeat of the atomic emergency sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. "T ... more
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