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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 19 > Radiation is detected in Sacramento; little risk is seen

Radiation is detected in Sacramento; little risk is seen

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
March 19, 2011

Faint traces of very low levels of radiation from the stricken nuclear complex in Japan have been detected in Sacramento, Calif., European officials reported Friday, bringing the distant atomic crisis to U.S. shores for the first time.

The readings, picked up by highly sensitive detectors set up....

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