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ABC NewsRadiation from Japan's crippled nuclear reactors has now contaminated the ground and the sea surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi complex, as officials fear that some of the reactors may already be in partial meltdown.
Power company officials admitted today that plutonium has been found in the soil near the plant, though officials stressed that the amount of radioactive material was small and not a threat to the public, the Associated Press reported. Radiation has also been detected in as far as a mile north of the plant.
Inside the plant, the problems are serious. Video captured smoke billowing from reactors two and three, a visible sign of the catastrophe happening inside.
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New radiation readings indicate that the contamination in the ocean has spread to about a mile north of the plant, the Associated Press reported. more:
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