Record high radiation found in fish in Fukushima
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E-mail Xinhua, March 2, 2013
A fish contaminated with radiation levels as much as 5,100 times of legal limits has been caught near Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, hitting a record high, said the nuclear plant operator.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said Thursday that the fish was caught in a port near the nuclear plant and detected that the "hexagrammos otakii" fish contaminated caesium dose reaching 510,000 becquerels per kilogram, or 5,100 times more than the government food limit.
Meanwhile, caesium equivalent to 277,000 becquerels per kilogram were also found in a rockfish, said the company.
The previous highest dose of caesium in fish was 254,000 becquerels per kilogram.
The TEPCO has adopted measures avoiding such polluted fish went outside to the waters surrounding the nuclear plant and said it will continue contaminated fish culling.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was devastated by disastrous earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 and fishing around the prefecture was suspended.
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