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Archive Home > 2011 > March > 30 > Biggest spike in radiation at Japan nuclear plant

Biggest spike in radiation at Japan nuclear plant

By Mari Yamaguchi / The Bulletin
March 30, 2011

TOKYO — Seawater outside the hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan was found to contain 3,335 times the usual amount of radioactive iodine — the highest rate yet and a sign that more contaminated water was making its way into the ocean, officials said Wednesday.

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