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Seabed near Fukushima highly contaminated by radiation

High-Level Radiation Found on Seabed Near Japan’s Crippled Nuclear Plant, The Chosunilbo, 4 May 11, Japanese officials say radiation readings are 100 to 1,000 times the normal level on the Pacific seabed near the Fukushima nuclear power plant that was damaged in a natural disaster in March.

Local news media Tuesday quoted the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, as saying that high levels of radioactive materials were found in samples taken from the seabed at points 20 to 30 meters deep….. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/05/04/2011050401113.html

May 4, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | - Fukushima 2011