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New TEPCO estimates show over 900,000 TBq of Cs-137 and I-131 released from Fukushima Daiichi

24May2012
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TEPCO has released new estimates which show over 900,000 TBq of Cesium-137 and Iodine-131 have been released into the air from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi reactors.  The new figure is larger than estimates issued by the government’s nuclear safety agency or the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan.

Source: NHK

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