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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Radioactive Fish off Fukushima Coast

Radioactive Fish off Fukushima Coast

A short 20 kilometers off the coast of the Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan’s electricity utility has discovered fish containing a level of radiation unsafe for consumption, Japanese news agencies reported. Record-high levels of radioactive cesium were found in fish tested from off the coast of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. Scientists found 25,800 bequerels per kilogram of cesium 134 and cesium 137 in the fish. In a statement carried by Kyodo News agency from Tokyo Electric Power Co., the latest tests on fish showed higher levels than…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Radioactive-Fish-off-Fukushima-Coast.html

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