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Fukushima radiation reaches West Coast, Cesium-134 found in Canadian salmon via Sputnik

Seawater samples from both Tillamook Bay and Gold Beach in Oregon were found to contain trace amounts of Cesium-134, according to reports from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The institution’s chemical oceanographer, Ken Buesseler, has been tracking the radiation plume in a crowdfunded effort “to monitor the … Continue reading

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Fukushima Radiation in Pacific Reaches West Coast via Counterpunch

By John LaForge “[W]e should be carefully monitoring the oceans after what is certainly the largest accidental release of radioactive contaminants to the oceans in history,” marine chemist Ken Buesseler said last spring. Instead, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency halted … Continue reading

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Radiation Still Leaking Into Nearby Japanese Waters via Reader Supported News

ore than 18 months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 40-foot tsunami and nuclear power plant woes that struck Japan starting March 11, 2011, levels of radioactive cesium 134 and cesium 137 originating from the crippled Fukushima-Daiichi plant remain elevated in … Continue reading

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