Coast Guard guns sink ship adrift since Japan tsunami (video)

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State health and environmental officials have said there’s little need to be worried that debris landing on Alaska shores will be contaminated by radiation.

The earthquake triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis since the Chernobyl accident in 1986.

State officials have been working with federal counterparts to gauge the danger of debris including material affected by a damaged nuclear power plant, to see if Alaska residents, seafood or wild game could be affected.

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