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Japan Fires 3 Bureaucrats for Nuclear Crisis

HeadlineAug 05, 2011

The Japanese government has fired three top officials responsible for nuclear power safety and oversight in the ongoing fallout over the crisis at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The dismissed officials include the head of Japan’s nuclear safety agency. Record-high levels of radiation were discovered at the plant this week, five months after it began leaking in the aftermath of the tsunami and earthquake.

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