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AUDIO: Japan’s government and Tepco deny Fukushima radiation affecting

Audio :Japan government, TEPCO deny Fukushima radiation tainting fish http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/connect-asia/japan-government-tepco-deny-fukushima-radiation-tainting-fish/1049052   20 November 2012, It was the largest radioactive contamination of the sea in history but Japan’s government is disputing a study by a respected international research group suggesting that radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is still entering the food chain.

Japan government, TEPCO deny Fukushima radiation tainting fish (Credit: ABC) Last month the US-based Woods Hole Institution revealed that about 40 per cent of the fish caught off Fukushima is contaminated with radioactive caesium which is above the government’s own limit.

But Japan’s Fisheries Agency says the contamination is sinking deeper into the seabed and is not entering the food chain, while the nuclear plant operator TEPCO denies any tainted water is leaking from the facility.

November 21, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual