Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis

In the darkest moments of last year’s nuclear accident, Japanese leaders did not know the actual extent of damage at the plant and secretly considered the possibility of evacuating Tokyo, even as they tried to play down the risks in public, an independent investigation into the accident disclosed on Monday

By MARTIN FACKLER | The New York Times | February 27, 2012

Journalists, in protective gear, were taken on a tour last week of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, at the center of the crisis last year. Issei Kato/Reuters, via Bloomberg

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