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Faint Radiation In Tuna
4:48 pm
Wed October 24, 2012

Minute Traces Of Radioactivity Found In Pacific Tuna

Credit OSU Radiation Health Physics program
Delvan Neville, a graduate researcher with OSU's Radiation Health Physics program, marks samples of albacore being tested for radioactivity.

Researchers with Oregon State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they’ve detected minute amounts of radioactivity from the Fukushima reactor meltdown in albacore tuna caught along the West Coast. It's not considered a health threat at all.

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Recovery For Tsunami Victims
5:41 pm
Wed July 25, 2012

Schoolchildren From Japan's Tsunami Zone Get Respite In Northwest

Credit Tom Banse / Northwest News Network
Rebuilding has gone slowly in tsunami-ravaged Minamisanriku, Japan.

Eight junior high students and their teachers from the Japanese tsunami zone arrive in Seattle Thursday. It's an unusual disaster relief effort. The schoolchildren are being treated to a free trip to escape the still difficult conditions at home, at least temporarily.

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