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Greenpeace urges Japan to evacuate town's children
TOKYO — Greenpeace called on Japan on Thursday to evacuate children and pregnant women from a town about 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant because of high radiation. The environmental and anti-nuclear group said its own data from Fukushima town roughly matched...- whoosh
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Nuclear Power Plants and Earthquakes in Japan
Of the 31 nations and regions with nuclear power plants, Japan is the most at risk of being hit by an earthquake. Particularly worrisome is the fact that Japan has lots of nuclear power plants and nuclear power plants and nuclear treatment facilities are built in earthquake-prone areas. The...- whoosh
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