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Nuclear disarmament activist discusses Fukushima two years later

March 14, 2013

By Kimberly Haas

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This month marks the two-year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident. Three nuclear reactors experienced total meltdown within three days of an earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan.

Nuclear disarmament advocate, author and physician Helen Caldicott will lead a forum on Fukushima and its aftermath Friday night at Friends Center in Philadelphia. She stopped by to give us some highlights.

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