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But Pentagon officials reported Sunday that helicopters flying 60 miles from the plant picked up small amounts of radioactive particulates — still being analyzed, but presumed to include Cesium-137 and Iodine-121 — suggesting widening environmental contamination. In a country where memories of a nuclear horror of a different sort in the last days of World War II weigh heavily on the national psyche and national politics, the impact of continued venting of long-lasting radioactivity from the plants is hard to overstate.
Kyodo says Japan issued a 3-meter tsunami warning on east coast, including Fukushima. AP says gray smoke is seen on Fukushima reactor.
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small amounts of radioactive particulates — still being analyzed, but presumed to include Cesium-137 and Iodine-121 —