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eight.scientists'‘today’‘carefully examined thetunaboat
‘Fukuryd*Maru“in“which a!
‘Tain of radioactive dust fell
‘on 23 Japanese -fishermen
lfolowing the March 1 a
‘clear test in ‘the. Marshall’
‘Islands,| oo,
The scientists said tt would
‘not be necessary to destroy the
boat and added that 21 of the
men showered with the atomic!
ashes probably would recover in’
2 months.
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‘ported : seriously. Hil -and were
jtransferred to the Tokyo Uni-,
versity Hospital from -the port,
NEAR-HYSTERIA
‘Meantime,
near-hysteria'
gripped Japan in the wake of:
the incident. and 36 persons:
stricken with food poisoning in,
Yokohama .were
beliaved. ‘to
have eaten’ radioactive-;fish
from the Fukuryu . Maru - until,
the Government .Health Center
traced the cause of the polson-'“
ing to another source:
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boat’s: tuna cargo and pro-:
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‘second Japanese | fishing
Tuna Market GluttedJapanese rfish: markets:‘are
glutted with: unsold ; tuna..-Pan‘icky Japanese [have refused: to
jbuy the: seafood delicacy‘ since
ithe catch of one of ‘the two tishjing vessels was found to.be con./
‘taminated| Gangerously by radi-
‘boat, this one 800 miles from
the test site when the United
‘States exploded an earth‘rocking hydrogen device
iMarch 1, today was discovered to be radioactive.
‘The Japanese government
promptly ordered all fishing
craft operating in the Pacific at
the time of the tremendous explosion to put into designated
segregation ports, where ships,
men and their catches can be
checked for contamination.
Twenty-three Japanese fisher-!
men, burned bya shower of;
‘radioactive ash ‘that ‘fell on an-“|
\other fishing. boat 80 miles from
ithe. ‘Marshall Islands test ‘site,
are under. medical - observation.
‘They are being given emergency
‘treatment by United States and
‘Japanese medical experts”for|
Severe burns,|
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March 18, 1954
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Inspectors boarded ‘the300-ton
‘tuna boat Shunyo Marw after'
it arrived at Tokyo Bay Tues-|
day. Their Geiger counters
clicked rapidly but they - said
radiation was not intense
enough to be “dangerous.”
Near Solomon Islands
The Shunyo Maruw’s captain
said his ship’s nearest approach,
to the- Bikini Atoll ‘testing:
ground was a point near’ the’
Solomon Islands, about 800!
miles from “eround: zero.”
There was no immediate evi-.
dence that the Shunyo Maru'’s’
crew had: been exposed to heavy:'
radiation, as.in the case of the;
23 men on the other boat.
1954