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The same error happens when your package.xml is missing the line:

<exec_depend>nodelet</exec_depend>

I wanted to add this as another answer (even if it does not precisely solve the question at hand - the OP had this line in his code), since this question is the first hit when searching for "Failed to load nodelet".

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