Timeline: A Nuclear Crisis Unfolds In Japan

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Published March 31, 2011 at 10:17 AM EDT

A timeline of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which has leaked radiation since it was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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