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Focus: Six months after Fukushima

September 9, 2011

March 11 marks six months since a devastating earthquake of magnitude 9 and a subsequent tsunami killed 20,000 people in Japan, and triggered the worst nuclear crisis the world has seen since Chernobyl 25 years ago.

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The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is seen in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, April 7, 2011. After notching a rare victory by stopping highly radioactive water from flowing into the Pacific, workers at the flooded nuclear power complex turned to their next task Thursday: injecting nitrogen to prevent more hydrogen explosions. Nuclear officials said Wednesday there was no immediate threat of explosions like the three that rocked the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant not long after a massive tsunami hit on March 11, but their plans are a reminder of how much work remains to stabilize the complex. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
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March 11 marks six months since a devastating earthquake of magnitude 9 and a subsequent tsunami killed 20,000 people in Japan, and triggered the worst nuclear crisis the world has seen since Chernobyl 25 years ago.

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