Emergency workers forced to retreat from a tsunami-stricken Japanese nuclear power plant when radiation levels soared are preparing to return Wednesday night after emissions dropped to safer levels.
The pullback cost precious time in the fight to prevent a nuclear meltdown, further escalating a crisis spawned by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coast and likely killed more than 10,000 people.
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