Japan debris on the shores of Olympic Peninsula

Excerpt from: Possible Tsunami Debris Washing Up On Northwestern Shores
Jan. 13, 2012, on kuow.fm, by Ashley Ahearn

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has modeled the movement of the tsunami debris and projects that most of it will hit the Northwest Hawaiian Islands this winter and the West coast of the US later this year and into 2013. Peter Murphy, of NOAA’s Marine Debris program says radioactivity is not a major concern.

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“The consensus is that the debris being radioactive is highly unlikely, based on several factors,” he says.

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