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Jem explains what caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
- Programme: Bang Goes the Theory
- Series: 5
- Episode: 8
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | Non-renewable energy: nuclear power
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