Fukushima radiation yet, and unlikely, to affect Alaska seafood

Boats leave Dillingham to fish the Nushagak District in June 2016. (Photo by Cate Gomez, KDLG – Dillingham)Alaskan seafood remains free of detectable Fukushima-related radiation. That’s according to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The department along with other state, federal, and international agencies has been testing Alaskan seafood since 2013.
After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, food safety authorities, including the FDA, reported it would be