Large Zone Near Japanese Reactors to Be Off Limits

from the NY Times/IHT

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Published: August 21, 2011
Broad areas around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could soon be declared uninhabitable, perhaps for decades, after a government survey found radioactive contamination that far exceeded safe levels, several major media outlets said Monday.... read on http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/world/asia/22japan.html?_r=2&ref=asia
Do the government a favor - act surprised?

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