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A new all-time high radiation level has been detected in a fish near theFukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

A fat greenling, Hexagrammos otakii, a high-end delicacy in Japanesecuisine, was found to contain radioactive cesium 7,400 times thegovernment's food safety standard.

The fish was caught at the port adjacent to the nuclear site, the plant'soperating company said March 15.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the reading of 740,000 becquerels perkilogram is the highest ever recorded in its sampling surveys of marine lifesince the March 2011 disaster.

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