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  Evacuation Zone At Nuclear Plant Declared Restricted Area

  World | April 21, 2011 12:02 IST

  Tokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly

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  Toxic Water Leak Plugged At Japan's Crippled N-plant

  World | April 06, 2011 17:55 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Apr 6: Japanese workers at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today plugged a crack leaking highly toxic water into the sea from a concrete pit, though authorities were concerned about a possible hydrogen blast

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  Japan Disaster Sparks Social Media Innovation

  World | March 31, 2011 17:56 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster

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  Workers Evacuated From Japan's N-Plant Amid Radiation Fears

  World | March 27, 2011 21:52 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 27: Workers were evacuated from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant today after radiation levels surged 10 million times higher than usual, dealing a major blow to efforts to avoid a meltdown of the

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  Three Workers At Japan's Crippled N-Plant Exposed To Radiation

  World | March 24, 2011 20:18 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 24: Three workers were today exposed to high radiation at Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, as authorities mulled plans to import bottled water amid a panicked rush to buy it after the tap

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  High Radiation Levels Make Tokyo Water Unsafe For Babies

  World | March 23, 2011 20:46 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 23: High levels of radioactive iodine were detected in Tokyo's tap water prompting government today to declare it unsafe for infants, as rising smoke from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced another evacuation