5/29/2011 JST | Most radiation monitors temporarily broke in disaster-hit areas

Source: Japan Today
Date: Sunday 29th May, 06:33 AM JST

TOKYO — Most radiation monitoring systems in Fukushima, Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures broke down temporarily after the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami, causing local authorities to be unable to use them to get a grasp of the ensuing nuclear crisis, according to prefectural officials.
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