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  1. Exclusion zone around stricken Japanese nuclear plant widened over fears reactor core may be cracked

    130,000 more urged to relocate beyond 19 miles Japan's PM praises workers 'risking their lives' Two Japanese travellers arriving in China found to be contaminated Almost 10,000 now dead and 17,000 feared missing Russia and Australia among countries halting food imports Low-level radioactive...
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  2. Crisis Continues at Crippled Japanese Nuclear Power Plants

    Link RemovedThis handout picture shows the damaged third (L) and fourth reactors of the TEPCO Fukushima No.1 power plant in Fukushima, north of Tokyo, March 16, 2011 Japan's government acknowledged Wednesday it might need the help of U.S. military forces to halt continuing radioactive emissions...
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  3. Japan nuclear disaster risk seen receding fast

    Stricken nuclear cores cooling naturally . By Gerard Wynn LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - The risk of a major radiation leak in Japan is subsiding as stricken nuclear reactors cool, but there will be major clean-up costs and three reactors will probably be written off, experts said on Monday. A...
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