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This satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan, taken by DigitalGlobe on March 17, shows damage to the Units 1, 3, and 4 reactor buildings.
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012

Open quoteWe barely avoided the worst-case scenario, though the public didn't know it at the time.Close quote

  • YOICHI FUNABASHI,
  • founder of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, on his organization's private investigation into last year's Fukushima nuclear crisis
Photo: REUTERS/DigitalGlobe/Handout | Source: New York Times