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PHOTO PACKAGE: 10th Anniversary Of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

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March 11, 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three reactors at the plant went into meltdown, leading to the second-largest nuclear accident in history.

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A combination photo made of still images from video footage March 14, 2011, shows the explosion at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex. A hydrogen explosion rocked a crippled nuclear power plant in Japan on Monday where authorities have been scrambling to avert a meltdown following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. 
1 A combination photo made of still images from video footage March 14, 2011, shows the explosion at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex. A hydrogen explosion rocked a crippled nuclear power plant in Japan on Monday where authorities have been scrambling to avert a meltdown following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami. 
Smoke billows from fires raging at the port in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011 following a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. 
2 Smoke billows from fires raging at the port in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011 following a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11. 
Satellite image shows nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the explosion on March 14, 2011.
3 Satellite image shows nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the explosion on March 14, 2011.
The damaged third (left) and fourth reactors of the TEPCO Fukushima No.1 power plant in Fukushima, March 2011.
4 The damaged third (left) and fourth reactors of the TEPCO Fukushima No.1 power plant in Fukushima, March 2011.

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