Studies detail post-Fukushima radioactivity levels

Two studies of Japan's soil contamination will help officials decide what to do with land tainted after the nuclear disaster. A third finds that radiation levels in people were lower than predicted. Eight months after a magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and spewed radioactive material for hundreds of miles, scientists have produced maps showing how much fallout was found in the environment in the weeks after the disaster.

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