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Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is flooded as a tsunami strikes (AP/Anonymous)

Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is flooded as a tsunami strikes (AP/Anonymous)

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Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is flooded as a tsunami strikes (AP/Anonymous)

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Terrified to return to Tokyo

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on November 21, 2004 (L) and on March 14, 2011 (R) as the No.3 nuclear reactor is burning after a blast following an earthquake and tsunami. (Ho New / Reuters)

"None of you are getting out of here"

Carl Pillitteri

Debris is seen scattered near the Unit 6 reactor building of stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 (AP/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool)

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A man wearing a mask attends an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo September 19, 2011. (Yuriko Nakao / Reuters)

Akito Yoshikane

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Natasha Lennard

In this April 12, 2011 photo released by the Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News, Japanese soldiers wash an armored vehicle to remove potential radiation contamination at J-Village, a soccer training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan's worst nuclear disaster, northeastern Japan. The sports complex is about about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Yuri Kageyama, Justin Pritchard

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Marie Mutsuki Mockett

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier works in a sewer in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Taro, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) (AP)

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Police officers' protective suits, boots and helmets are placed on the ground while they rest after their recovery operation shift in the area destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa) (AP)

A volunteer girl from Tokyo works to clean the debris of a house in Higashimatsushima, northern Japan Saturday, April 30, 2011. She is a member of a Tokyo's volunteer group which helps earthquake and tsunami devastated areas on weekend. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Tomoko A. Hosaka

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(Danny Johnston)

The new science of disaster prediction

Genevieve Walker

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried arrives with a duck at the Webby Awards in New York June 14, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS) (Â© Lucas Jackson / Reuters)

So, about those tsunami jokes ...

Japanese Prime Minister Nato Kan listens to a reporter's question during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 22, 2011. Japan's government proposed a special $50 billion (4 trillion yen) budget to help finance reconstruction efforts and plans to build 100,000 temporary homes for survivors of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (AP)

Yuri Kageyama, Ravi Nessman

In this April 12, 2011 photo released by the Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News, a Japanese soldier is tested for radiation exposure at J-Village, a soccer training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan's worst nuclear disaster, northeastern Japan. The sports complex is about about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Elaine Kurtenbach, Mari Yamaguchi

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Tokyo Electric Power Co., (TEPCO) Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata speaks during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Sunday, April 17, 2011. TEPCO, the operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan, announced a plan Sunday that would bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow some evacuated residents to return to their homes. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) (AP)

Yuri Kageyama, Shino Yuasa

Japanese police officers carry a body during a search and recovery operation for missing victims in the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. In the background is part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) (AP)

Toya Chiba, a reporter with the Iwate Tokai newspaper, recounts his ordeal with the tsunami that swept him away at the port city of Kamaishi, northeastern Japan, on Wednesday April 13, 2011. The region was struck by a massive earthquake that spawned the tsunami on March 11, 2011. Chiba, who was shooting photos at the mouth of the Owatari River when the tsunami struck him, survived and found himself only suffering scratches and bruises after being swept away for about 30 meters (98 feet). (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Mari Yamaguchi, Shino Yuasa

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