IAEA tests marine life around Fukushima

An IAEA team with scientists from China, South Korea and Canada observe fish samples that will be sent for lab tests. Pic/AP

A member of the International Atomic Energy Agency team visiting Fukushima for its first marine sampling since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated radioactive wastewater nto the sea said Thursday he does not expect any rise in radiation levels in the fish caught in the regional seas.

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The IAEA team watched flounder and other popular kinds of fish being caught off the coast earlier Thursday and brought on boats to the Hisanohama port in southern Fukushima for an auction. "I can say that we don't expect to see any change starting in the fish," said Paul McGinnity, an IAEA marine radiology scientist.

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