By NORIHIKO KUWABARA/ Staff Writer
December 30, 2020 at 18:39 JST
The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in December. Seen behind are rows of tanks containing contaminated water used to cool the crippled reactors. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Exceedingly high radiation levels found inside crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were labeled by nuclear regulators as an “extremely serious” challenge to the shutdown process and overall decommissioning of the site. [Read More]
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