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9 March 2019 / The Nome Nugget / Diana Haecker
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Slight uptick in cesium-137 heralds arrival of Fukushima plume in Northern Bering Sea

Gambell, Alaska, United States

Since 2014 St. Lawrence Islanders have been collecting sea water samples, knowing that the radiation would eventually show up. Now the signature of Fukushima has finally been identified, the northern most sample evidence of the plume. Fortunately the levels are low.


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Collecting Seawater Sample
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