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Officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and members ...
Feb 20th, 2012
(Reuters) - Officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and members of media pass by sea barricade next to TEPCO's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture February 20, 2012. Members of the media were allowed into the plant on Monday ahead of the first year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake for the second time since the disaster, which triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: ANNIVERSARY BUSINESS DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) -
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