Images Released of the Tsunami Striking Fukushima
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Critical Leak
On April 2, 2011, workers trying to repair the earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant discovered this enormous stream of highly radioactive water gushing into the ocean through a large crack in a deep pit next to seawater intake pipes of the second reactor building.
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