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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant1a.jpgOfficials from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) and Japanese journalists pass by a newly built sea barricade next to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Tepco is struggling to contain the worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. Photographer: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant3a.jpgTepco employees wait for a bus at J-Village, a soccer training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan's nuclear disaster, in Naraha town, Fukushima Prefecture. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant15a.jpgThree red emergency phones on a table inside the Tepco plant. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant13a.jpgStaff work inside the emergency operation centre. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant12a.jpgMembers of the media, wearing protective suits, interview Japan's environment minister and Masao Yoshida, Tepco plant chief. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant14a.jpgGoshi Hosono, Japan's environment minister (R-C), greets officials. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant11a.jpgWorkers stand to listen to Mr Hosono, Japan's environment minister. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant10a.jpgGoshi Hosono, Japan's environment minister (C), greets officials and workers. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant9a.jpgWorkers stand to listen to Goshi Hosono, Japan's environment minister, inside the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant8a.jpgThe nuclear plant is seen through a bus window. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant7a.jpgThe nuclear plant seen through a bus window. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant6a.jpgTepco officials and Japanese journalists look out from bus windows as workers pass by in a van inside the grounds of the power station. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant5a.jpgThree red emergency phones sit on a table inside the emergency operation centre. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant4a.jpgAn official wears protective plastic bags over his shoes inside the facility. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant2a.jpgWorkers in protective suits gather near their lockers inside the emergency operation centre at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The nuclear plant
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant19a.jpgA worker is given radiation screening. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The contamination zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant17a.jpgA deserted neighbourhood inside the exclusion zone. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The contaminated zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant16a.jpgJapanese policemen at a checkpoint near the edge of the contaminated exclusion zone. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The contamination zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant18a.jpgAn empty street inside the contaminated area surrounding the crippled Tepco Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
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The contamination zone
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2011/11/plant20a.jpgA deserted field and buildings. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
