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Suspected WWII-Era Bomb Discovered at Fukushima Power Plant
« on: August 16, 2017, 09:10:25 am »
Suspected WWII-Era Bomb Discovered at Fukushima Power Plant
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | August 15, 2017 02:18pm ET


The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is still severely damaged from the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that crippled it in March 2011. But now, the area is facing another threat: What is thought to be an undetonated World War II-era bomb was discovered on the grounds of the power plant, according to news sources.

Excavation workers discovered the more-than-70-year-old weapon under a parking lot that is undergoing maintenance, the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), announced Aug. 10, according to The Mainichi, a Japanese news outlet. The bomb was found about 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) away from the damaged No. 1 and No. 4 reactors, The Mainichi reported.

https://www.livescience.com/60140-undetonated-wwii-bomb-found-in-fukushima.html