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BRUSSELS—Catastrophic events in Japan cannot be excluded in the hours ahead because the situation at a nuclear plant there is out of control, the European Union's energy chief said Wednesday.
"The site is effectively out of control," GĂĽnther Oettinger, commissioner for energy, told a European Parliament committee. "In the coming hours there could be further catastrophic events which could pose a threat to the lives of people on the island."