Radioactive Fish Found in Eastern Japan, Ban is considered on Certain Shipments

[Junkdrawer]

Source: PanOrient News

Tokyo- (PanOrient News) The Japanese government is reportedly considering a ban on shipments of certain seafood products following the discovery of a radioactive iodine in fish caught off Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, south of Fukushima.

High levels of radioactive iodine have been found in young launce caught off Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, prompting the Health Ministry to advise that it not be consumed. Different young launce also caught near Kitaibaraki was also contaminated with 526 bequerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, exceeding the legal limit of 500 bequerels, a local fishery cooperative told local media Tuesday.

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Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, the operator of the plant, which has been struggling to halt the flow of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, reported earlier that 7.5 million times the legal limit of radioactive iodine 131 has been detected from samples of seawater near the plant. It said that the contaminated water was leaking from a cracked concrete pit near the No. 2 reactor. TEPCO said samples of water taken near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor contained 1.1 million times the legal limit of cesium 137, which has a half life of 30 years.

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In related development, radiation measurements have exceeded levels at which people are advised to stay indoors in a town outside the 30-kilometer radius of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Jiji news agency reported. It said the science ministry detected 10.3 millisieverts of radiation at one location in Namie Town, some 30 kilometers northwest of the plant.

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Read more: http://www.panorientnews.com/en/news.php?k=908

[liberal N proud]

1. Considered?

Really, just considered?

:wtf:

[No Elephants]

2. Taxing GE's executives at a rate higher than a busboy's would be unfair and class warfare.

And, Lord knows, no one wants class warfare, especially big business executives.

But, why am I posting about the fairness of taxing the rich n a thread about radioactive fish?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. And you can expect fishermen from other countries (China) to continue to fish in those waters.

They don't care. They'd feed it to their own children. They'll sell it to us. And it will be in supermarkets, restaurants, sushi bars.

[PADemD]

4. And pet food

[no_hypocrisy]

5. God, yes . . . .

[Demeter]

6. And They Were Expecting Maybe a Miracle?

[jimlup]

7. Thanks...

Just yesterday CNN ran a piece about how Japanese seafood was safe. Wishful thinking clouds reason and has since this disaster began.

[Corruption Winz]

8. Anyone else feel the need to throw away the fish sandwich they were eating? n/t

[Keith Bee]

9. No way!

It has a nice, healthy glow, like Mr Burns on The Simpsons. ;-)

[Corruption Winz]

10. Ehhxcellent. Good point...

When your food glows, that means that you're eating a good batch.

[sadbear]

11. I was actually thinking about the 3-eyed fish.

[trof]

12. Gee. Who'd a thunk it?

:eyes:

[JJW]

13. Not to worry

Obama says nuclear power is safe and plans to have TEPCO build and manage two new plants in Texas.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

14. Zthis morning the radiation levels are 7 MILLION times over safety limit in the Pacific

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. Radioactive Material Found in Fish Near Japanese Nuclear Plant

Source: wsj

Japanese authorities said Tuesday they had discovered for the first time fish swimming off the country's Pacific coast carrying high levels of radioactive materials. The finding, the latest blow from the nuclear crisis, is stoking concerns about environmental damage to local marine life, the safety of the nation's food supply, and the viability of Japan's iconic seafood industry, which was already struggling following the tsunami.

The two separate samples of tiny fish were caught before Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi reactors, began the process Monday night of dumping 11,500 tons of contaminated water into the sea, raising fears that the problem could spread significantly in coming days. Tepco has said that, before the authorized unloading of water, there was an uncontrolled leak of an uncertain quantity of highly radioactive water from the reactors into the sea.

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576244251331137870.html?mod=e2tw

[montanacowboy]

16. File that in the "Duh" department

gee, you think that radioactive water discharging into the ocean will somehow not affect aquatic life?