Tokyo: Hundreds protest against nuclear power

Tokyo: Hundreds protest against nuclear power
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Summary Radiation has leaked into the sea, food, drinking water and air.

Hundred of anti-nuclear took to the streets of Tokyo on Sunday, as Japanese engineers continued to grapple with the worlds worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl for a fourth week.Around 300 demonstrators gathered in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co , the operator of the earthquake-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan, before taking the protest to the offices of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The drama at the six-reactor Fukushima Daiichi complex has unsettled the global nuclear industry and compounded Japans suffering after an earthquake and tsunami that left about 27,500 people dead or missing.Experts say that beyond the disaster zone, there is minimal risk to human health further afield in Japan or abroad.

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