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Japan Braces as TEPCO Prepares for Critical Phase of Fukushima Clean-Up


Japan Braces as TEPCO Prepares for Critical Phase of Fukushima Clean-Up
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Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan are about to embark on one of the most critical aspects of the clean-up: removing the fuel rods from one of the worst-hit reactors. Critics say that the plant’s owners, TEPCO, should not be trusted to carry out the operation - and warn of the consequences of an accident could be dire. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA from Tokyo.

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