Last updated: 25 march, 2011 - 17:27 GMT

Japan nuclear: What lessons can Fukushima learn from Chernobyl?

A sign outside the Chernobyl nuclear plant

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The clean-up operation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has been beset by problems, such as stabilising the nuclear reactors after the damage from the earthquake and tsunami.

Can lessons be learned from previous operations?

Natalia Manzurova is one of the few surviving "liquidators" that were drafted in to clear up after the Chernobyl disaster.

First broadcast 25 March 2011

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