(CBS News) TOKYO - The people of Japan this week marked the second anniversary of the earthquake and...

1. Japan fishing crippled 2 years after tsunami
(CBS News) TOKYO - The people of Japan this week marked the second anniversary of the
earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown. The meltdown forced
the evacuation of some 170,000 people. Now the radiation leak is also forcing many fisherman to
abandon their livelihood.
Despite the freezing dawn temperatures, skipper Tatsuo Niitsuma just wants to get back to work.
Ever since last year's nuclear disaster, Niitsuma is only allowed to fish once a week, and he must
turn his catch over to a government lab.
This fishing boat is only 12 miles south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. They're out catching
fish just as they did before the accident, but only a fraction of their usual catch. None of this will be
allowed to go on sale -- it's only for testing purposes.
Some fish still show high levels of radioactive cesium. Of the coastal fish tested, the government
finds roughly 10 percent are safe to eat.
"Before the accident," said Niitsuma, "we sold fish. Now we're all living on compensation."
Ken Buessler is a U.S. Marine chemist from Woods Hole. He went to Japan three months after the
disaster and studied the Japanese government's test results for the next 12 months.
"The numbers aren't going down that fast off Japan since the accident," he said.
Buesseler said he thinks Fukushima could still be leaking radioactive cesium into the sea, even
though the nuclear plant's owner claimed it had been safely shut down.
"Those reactors," he said, "either by the cooling water
that's still being put on there, that's leaking out, or the
contamination of the site, are still releasing cesium to the
ocean."

2. The nuclear disaster stole more than
Tatsuo Niitsuma's livelihood. His 29-
year-old daughter, Ikumi, was swept
away in the tsunami. Her remains have
never been found.
"When I'm alone," he told us, "I can't
stop thinking about my daughter."
Having lost almost everything he ever
cared about, Niitsuma is pinning his
hopes on the fishery reopening. But
unless the radiation numbers go down,
it may be years before he gets some relief.
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