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Fukushima Fish Still Radioactive

the_newsbeagle writes "Bottom-dwelling fish that live near the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant still show elevated radiation levels 19 months after the accident — and those radiation levels are not declining. Researcher Ken Buesseler says this indicates the seafloor sediments are contaminated (abstract), and will remain so for decades. He said, 'I was struck by how [the radiation levels] really haven’t changed over the last year. Since cesium doesn't bioaccumulate to a significant degree, and in fact is lost when fish move to a less contaminated area, this implies that the cesium source is still there'"

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  1. Fish by AshFan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Simpsons already did it.

  2. Uh-oh... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure that any of several dozen rubbery-and-poorly-dubbed monster movies can tell us what happens next...

    1. Re:Uh-oh... by daem0n1x · · Score: 3, Funny

      Godz-eel-a?

    2. Re:Uh-oh... by jd2112 · · Score: 5, Funny

      History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men...

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      Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
  3. So long... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Thanks for all the.... never mind.

  4. Re:Absolute numbers? by tp1024 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Citizen Gman,

    how dare you ask factual questions? Resume making gozilla jokes like all good citizens!

  5. Re:Aaaaand.... by tigre · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's "Cue". Que/Queue and Cue have completely different meanings.

    Maybe he meant "Qué Godzilla jokes!", a Spanglish exclamation roughly translated as "Such [wonderful/awful] Godzilla jokes [can be made/have been made]!"

  6. Re:Absolute numbers? by gman003 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fine.

    Is the radiation level of these fish sufficient to produce atomic breath, or is it merely enough to cause laser vision?

  7. FORGET ABOUT THIS! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    The real problem is Global Warming.

    Don't be distracted by this attempt by radiation alarmists to take your eyes off-the-ball.

    We need more reactors, people!

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."