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Apr102011

Mounting cesium-137 contamination of marine biology near Fukushima 

The deliberate dumping and accidental leaking of more than 10,000 tons of radioctively water from the ongoing Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant accident has turned up in excessively contaminated fish in ocean off the coast near the city of Iwaki, Japan.  The half-life of cesium-137 is 30 years with a biological hazard for 300 years.