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Inside Fukushima

Matt Murdock

The Latest Images Of FukushimaDocumenting What Will Be Known As TheWorst Nuclear Accident In History And

The Worst Industrial Accident In History

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Residents of Iitate village listento Mayor Norio Sugano,rightback to camera, explain a

government plan to evacuate

residents from the village that'sabout 40 kilometers (24 miles)

from the radiation-spewing

Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclearplant in northeastern Japan, onWednesday April 13, 2011. (Kyo


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Angry residents forced from their homes nearJapan's tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi

nuclear power plant take seat as they meetofficials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the

plant's operator, at its headquarters in TokyoWednesday, April 13, 2011. About 20 smallbusiness owners from communities near the

plant demanded compensation as thecompany's president pledged to do more to

help those affected by the crisis. The bannerreads: TEPCO that disgraced Fukushimashould compensate us all." (Tokyo Electric

Power Co.)


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In this undated photo released Wednesday, April13, 2011 by Tokyo Electric Power Co., a standing

man is partially seen above an example of thetruck used to move spent fuel rods in the pools.

Nothing is decided yet but TEPCO told the press atits Tokyo headquarters Wednesday morning that

this is one option TEPCO officials are consideringto use at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Dai-ichinuclear power plant in Okuma town in Fukushima

Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Tokyo Electric

Power Co.)

Below, top right, the Fukushima Daiichi spent fuelcask storage facility.


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In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO), workers operate a modified Putzmeister

70Z, the world's largest concrete pump mounted on a

truck, to pump contaminated water from the Unit 4 atthe tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear

power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture,northeastern Japan, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. (Tokyo

Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Compare above photo to the photo below released byTokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) , workers in

protective suits conduct cooling operation by spraying

water at the damaged No. 4 unit of the FukushimaDai-ichi nuclear complex in Okumamachi,

northeastern Japan,Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (TokyoElectric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY


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In this photo released April 12, 2011 by TokyoElectric PowerCo. (TEPCO), workers lower a panel

that is used to cover the sluice gate to stop drainagefrom Unit 2 reactor at the tsunami-crippled

Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant inOkumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeasternJapan. Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severitylevel of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesdayto rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster,

citing the amount of radiation released in theaccident. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE

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In this photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO), a small fire breaks out from facilities

sampling seawater located a few dozen meters fromUnit 4 inside the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi

nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, Fukushima

Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday morning,April 12, 2011. The fire was put out soon and the

ongoing cooling operations at the main units were notaffected according to TEPCO. (Tokyo Electric Power

Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY[Image]


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A facility for a sampling from seawater is seenafter a fire was extinguished near No.4 reactor

of the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s FukushimaDaiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima

Prefecture in this handout photo taken on April12, 2011. A fire broke out at Japan's crippled

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operatorTokyo Electric and Power (TEPCO) said onTuesday, although flames and smoke were nolonger visible. A worker saw fire at a building

near the No.4 reactor at around 6:38 a.m.

(21:38 GMT) and a fire fighting unit of the SelfDefence Forces was sent to fight the blaze, a

TEPCO spokesman said. (Tokyo Electric PowerCo.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY


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Police officers man a checkpoint in Minamisoma,

Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, about 20-kilometers(12-miles) from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Monday, April 11, 2011. Thesigns read "No entry, Entry not allowed by the special

nuclear disaster legislation," right, and "Securitycheck in operation," left. (Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT,MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG

KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE


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The slogan "Ganbaro Nippon", or "Let's carry onThe slogan "Ganbaro Nippon", or "Let's carry on

Japan", comes to windows of the observation deck ofJapan", comes to windows of the observation deck of

the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo Monday night, April 11,the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo Monday night, April 11,

2011, a month after the earthquake and tsunami hit2011, a month after the earthquake and tsunami hiteastern Japan. Using solar power, 8,400 light-emittingeastern Japan. Using solar power, 8,400 light-emitting

diode lamps began to light up the 333-meter-highdiode lamps began to light up the 333-meter-high

landmark Monday though its usual illumination waslandmark Monday though its usual illumination was

turned off soon after the disaster, local media said.turned off soon after the disaster, local media said.

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