
Fukushima nuclear plant operator resumes TV ads
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday resumed television commercials, seven years after a 2011 meltdown that sparked the world's worst atomic accident in a generation.
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The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday resumed television commercials, seven years after a 2011 meltdown that sparked the world's worst atomic accident in a generation.
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