U.N. team arrives to see nuclear site
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A team of U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Japan today to assess the condition of a nuclear power plant severely damaged in an earthquake last month, Japanese officials said.
The magnitude 6.8 quake on July 16 caused numerous malfunctions and leaks at the plant and raised safety concerns about Japan’s nuclear power stations.
Plant officials, who said they had not foreseen such a powerful quake hitting the facility, repeatedly underreported its impact afterward.
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