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Cynthia McCormick
Cape Cod Times
November 25, 2013
The failed nuclear plant spewed radiation into the ocean.
Sloshing with Japanese sea water, the 5-gallon plastic jugs crowding Ken Buesseler’s laboratory at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution contain evidence of an ongoing nuclear crisis.
Collecting samples off the coast where the Fukushima nuclear power plant was damaged in a March 2011 earthquake, the WHOI senior scientist measured higher than normal radiation levels long after the original disaster.
“It was very concerning,” Buesseler said during a recent interview in his lab, dubbed “Cafe Thorium,” after the naturally occurring radioactive metal.
This article was posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 at 9:12 am
Tags: domestic news, energy, foreign affairs, radiation
Source: Infowars