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Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
have arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima to observe
the massive decontamination effort under way after the world's
worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
The 12-member IAEA
group plans to visit farms, schools and government offices
throughout Fukushima prefecture in north-eastern Japan. It
is the second major IAEA mission to Japan since the nuclear
crisis began.
Nearly 20,000 people were killed when the earthquake and
tsunami hit Japan on March 11 The disaster severely damaged
the Fukushima plant.
Officials say the plant is now relatively stable, but tens
of thousands of people still cannot return to their homes
because of the radioactive contamination.
Source - The Irish Independent
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