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Tokyo Electric Power Co said workers are connecting ventilation equipment in Unit 1 in an attempt to absorb radiation from the air inside the building. The utility must lower radiation levels inside the reactor before it can proceed with the key step of installing a cooling system that was knocked out by the disaster that struck north-eastern Japan on 11 March.
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