http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14379283
TOKYO – The operator of a tsunami-disabled nuclear plant says radiation measuring several million times the legal limit has leaked into the sea over the past few days.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that samples taken from seawater near one of the reactors contained 7.5 million times the legal limit for radioactive iodine on April 2. Two days later, that figure dropped to 5 million. end quote.
One wonders at the long term consequences for sea life and any humans unwitting enough to eat any of that sea life for maybe 25 to 50 years in this area. And the problem radiation will likely move all over the world from this location in the bellies of predator fish like sharks and others. I don't think the world has faced this exact type of radiation problem in the sea before. Even though Atomic submarines are scuttled in the ocean when they go out of service, I don't think they present the type of ocean going problem we are witnessing here firsthand.
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