Images Released of the Tsunami Striking Fukushima

Fukushima Workers Battle to Control Reactors
TEPCO / Kyodo / Newscom

Prevention?
A photo taken on April 11, 2011, shows a silt fence that surrounds a water intake at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to prevent radioactive materials from spilling further into the sea.

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