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Inside Fukushima: Cleanup underway, 5 years on

Updated 0640 GMT (1440 HKT) February 11, 2016

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A TEPCO employee walks past the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on February 10, 2016. Next month, Japan will mark the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, when an earthquake and tsunami hit on March 11, 2011, leaving more than 15,000 people dead.
Photos: Inside Fukushima: Cleanup underway, 5 years on
A TEPCO employee walks past the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on February 10, 2016. Next month, Japan will mark the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, when an earthquake and tsunami hit on March 11, 2011, leaving more than 15,000 people dead.
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TEPCO employees, in blue protective suits, brief a press group in front of storage tanks for radioactive water on Februray 10.
Photos: Inside Fukushima: Cleanup underway, 5 years on
TEPCO employees, in blue protective suits, brief a press group in front of storage tanks for radioactive water on Februray 10.
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A member of the tour group, donning a protective suit and a mask, takes a look at the crippled No. 3 reactor on February 10.
Photos: Inside Fukushima: Cleanup underway, 5 years on
A member of the tour group, donning a protective suit and a mask, takes a look at the crippled No. 3 reactor on February 10.
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A TEPCO employee measures a radiation level of 213 microsieverts per hour in front of the No. 2, left, and No. 3 reactor buildings on February 10.
Photos: Inside Fukushima: Cleanup underway, 5 years on
A TEPCO employee measures a radiation level of 213 microsieverts per hour in front of the No. 2, left, and No. 3 reactor buildings on February 10.
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A worker approaches the No. 3 reactor on February 10.
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A worker approaches the No. 3 reactor on February 10.
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A worker levels out the ground at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on February 10.
Photos: Inside Fukushima: Cleanup underway, 5 years on
A worker levels out the ground at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on February 10.
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Workers, wearing protective suits and masks, stand near the No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings on February 10.
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Workers, wearing protective suits and masks, stand near the No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings on February 10.
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Next month, Japan will mark the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit on March 11, 2011, leaving more than 15,000 people dead, destroying coastal towns and causing reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to suffer catastrophic meltdowns. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which runs the Fukushima Daiichi plant, opened up the facility on February 10 to brief journalists on cleanup efforts.