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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Japan A-bomb survivors warn against nuclear power

Japan A-bomb survivors warn against nuclear power

Hiroshima, Japan (AFP) Aug 7, 2012
The scars that still mark Sunao Tsuboi's face from the wartime bombing of Hiroshima are a grim reminder of the power of the atom as a wave of nuclear wariness sweeps post-Fukushima Japan. Around 140,000 people perished instantly in the searing heat or from radiation in the days and months after a US plane unleashed the deadliest weapon ever used and ushered in the nuclear age.

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