TOKYO (Reuters) - Plutonium found in soil around the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex added to mounting problems on Tuesday in Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the radioactive material, which is used in nuclear bombs, was traced in soil at five locations at the plant, hit by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
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