Operators at Japan's earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant ushered journalists clad in protective clothing through the plant on Monday, just weeks ahead of the first anniversary of the March 11 disasters.
Reporters from about 30 Japanese and foreign media organizations entered the wrecked facility by bus and were allowed to leave the vehicle once. All carried respiration masks and radiation detectors, as they heard the plant's director apologize to nearby residents forced to flee their homes last year to avoid radiation contamination.
The media visit - the second such tour since disaster struck - was conducted as the Nuclear Industrial Safety Agency made its first thorough inspection of safety equipment crucial to keeping the plant's six reactors in stable condition. (VOA News)
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