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YOUNG VICTIM: A child evacuated from the area surrounding the Fukushima nuclear facilities damaged in Friday's earthquake is checked for radiation exposure with other residents on Sunday in Koriyama city in Japan's Fukushima prefecture. (Associated Press)

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Attendants help a patient in a wheelchair as they evacuate a tsunami-affected hospital at Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a powerful 9.0-magnitude quake and a tsunami with 30-foot-high waves hit the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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People walk among the rubble in Rikuzentakakata in Iwate prefecture in Japan on Sunday. The enormity of the devastation was ubiquitous. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

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Soldiers from Japan's Self-Defense Forces rescue a tsunami victim from a flooded area in Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on Sunday. The earthquake and tsunami killed at least 1,400 people, according to official estimates, and hundreds are missing. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

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Thick smoke billows from an industrial plant in Kamaishi, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after giant earchquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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A man walks by smashed vehicles buried under rubble in Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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An official scans a man for radiation at an emergency center in Koriyama, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsunami that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)

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This image made from Japan's NHK public television via Kyodo News shows the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1, left, in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The walls of the building at nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/NHK TV via Kyodo News)

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A little child is held by rescue workers after being rescued from a building at Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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People walk around at Sendai port in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Saturday, March 12, 2011, following Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned hit the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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In this video image taken from NTV Japan via APTN, smoke raises from Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1 in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/NTV Japan via APTN)

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In these combo images made from Japan's NHK television, the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1 is seen before (top) and after (bottom) an explosion in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The walls of the building at the nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami. The damaged structure of Unit 1 can be seen at left after the walls crumbled. Japanese characters read: "before 9 a.m., top," and "at around 4:30 p.m."

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Houses are in flame while the Natori river is flooded over the surrounding area by tsunami tidal waves in Natori city, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2011, after strong earthquakes hit the area. (AP Photo/Yasushi Kanno, The Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Rescue Squad officer Mark Plunkett, left, a Fairfax County fireman from Stafford, Virginia, briefs a unit on what to expect during their mission in Japan, at the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Training Facility, in Fairfax, Friday, March 11, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Six rescue dogs will be traveling with the Fairfax County International Urban Search & Rescue team on their rescue mission in Japan. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Ryo Ishikawa of Japan hits from the 18th tee during the second round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament in Doral, Fla. on Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui of Japan, warms up before a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Phoenix, Thursday, March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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A helmeted man walks past the rubbles and a burning building after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Waves of tsunami hit residences after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)