23 injured, 20 irradiated at Fukushima nuclear plant

Vienna, March 17 (DPA) Twenty-three nuclear and rescue workers have been injured and 20 have received high radiation doses so far at Japan’s Fukushima power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday.

Two people were missing at the plant that was hit by a magnitude-9 earthquake and a tsunami Friday, the Vienna-based agency said, citing government information.

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