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Nuclear Threat to Tokyo Worse Than Thought

Nuclear Threat to Tokyo Worse Than Thought

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Feb 09, 2012
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Bad as it was, the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis could have been much worse. According to a 15- page report delivered to then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan on March 25, two weeks after the massive earthquake and resulting tsunami in northeast Japan, the resulting meltdowns could have forced the evacuation of Tokyo.

The report was made public in early J…

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