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Originally published: May 5, 2011 12:00 AM
Updated: May 5, 2011 12:33 PM
By The Associated Press  TOMOKO A. HOSAKA (Associated Press)

Quick ReadWorkers enter damaged reactor building for 1st time since right after earthquake

Photo credit: AP | This April 10 file image taken by T-Hawk drone aircraft and released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) shows the reactor buildings of Unit 2, left, and Unit 1, right, of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's nuclear safety agency said workers entered the reactor building of Unit 1 at the nuclear complex Thursday, May 5, 2011, for the first time after the March 11 earthquake. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co., File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

(AP) -- Workers entered one of the damaged reactor buildings at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant Thursday for the first time since it was rocked by an explosion in the days after a devastating earthquake, the plant's operator said.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said workers connected ventilation and air filtration equipment in Unit 1 in an attempt to reduce radiation levels in the air inside...

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