Has anyone seen the latest story on the radiation leaking from the nuclear power plant in Japan?

Has anyone seen the latest story on the radiation leaking from the nuclear power plant in Japan?
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I think that the Pacific Ocean will do a very good job of diluting it before it ever reaches the US, so I’m more concerned about the Japanese who lived close to the plant.
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