Ground-Level Radiation Found
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
The United States has picked up its first ground-level radioactivity from the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the special interagency task force monitoring developments of the accident said today.
The task force said in a statement that a rainwater sample collected Monday at Richland, Wash., measured 500 picocuries per liter of iodine-131, according to a laboratory report. “This level poses no danger to residents in the area,” the statement said.
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