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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated

Fukushima radiation higher than first estimated
Reuters
Iodine-131 is a fast-decaying radioactive substance produced by fission that takes place inside a nuclear reactor. It has a half-life of eight days. More than 99 percent of the radiation released by the accident came in the first three weeks, it added.

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