Beaches found releasing radioactive cesium into ocean 60 miles from Fukushima

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Beaches found releasing radioactive cesium into ocean 60 miles from Fukushima
"It is as if the sands acted as a 'sponge' that was contaminated in 2011 and is only slowly being depleted," said WHO scientist Ken Buesseler.
By Brooks Hays   |   Oct. 3, 2017 at 5:13 PM


Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Scientists have discovered a surprising new source of radioactive cesium some 60 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant that was damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

A team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and Japan's Kanazawa University found unusually high levels of radioactive cesium-137 in the groundwater beneath several beaches.

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