Costal communities lacking funds to clear tsunami debris
Pieces of debris from the tsunami in Japan have been washing ashore along the Northwest. Local governments are short on funds and lack a clear plan to clean it all up, reports Bill Whitaker.
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USGS: 6.4-magnitude quake 72 miles off Japan
Quake's epicenter was 72 miles northeast of Sendai
Japanese tsunami dock; Trash or treasure?
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Scientists fret over creatures on tsunami dock
Millions of individual organisms, including crabs and starfish, made the 5,000-mile journey from Japan to Oregon's shores
Seventy-foot dock from Japan washes up in Oregon
The cleanup from Japan's tsunami on America's shores could take years, and is only now getting worse, a year after disaster
Toxic Japanese debris piles up on Alaska's shore
First the wind and now the currents bring tons of toxic, but not irradiated, debris to the West Coast from Japan, a year after the tsunami
Tsunami debris clean-up on U.S. shores could take years
By 2013, it's estimated as much as 1.5 million tons of wreckage from Japan's tsunami could reach the U.S. west coast from Alaska all the way to California. John Blackstone spoke with the president of a local conservation group who predicts the clean-up process could take up to six years.
Tsunami debris to impact West Coast of the U.S., Canada
Tsunami debris has already started washing up on shore in Alaska and soon it will be washing up on the shores of Washington state, California, and Canada. John Blackstone reports.
Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed Pacific to U.S.
Bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to U.S.shores
Tsunami debris hitting Alaska
Debris from the devastating tsunami in Japan is starting to wash ashore in Alaska. John Blackstone reports.
Japan's tsunami debris found on Alaskan shores
Evidence of wreckage from the Japanese tsunami is making it all the way across the ocean and is now washing up on beaches in Alaska. John Blackstone reports.
Dangers of tsunami debris heading U.S. way
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U.S. not ready for Japan tsunami debris
About 1.5 tons of debris was dumped in the Pacific by Japan's tsunami last year -- and much of it is heading to the U.S. Now, Congress has been told officials don't have the money to clean it up. Nancy Cordes reports.
Japan nuclear power down raises questions in Calif.
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Japan to switch off last nuclear reactor
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Tsunami-swept Harley washes ashore in Canada
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Japan's "angry mayor" making himself heard
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Some Japanese towns face decade of radioactivity
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Boy glad football lost in tsunami found in U.S.
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Japanese tsunami debris reaches Alaska shores
Soccer ball and volleyball are found along U.S. coast, with writing traced to school within 2011 tsunami's impact zone
Coast Guard cannon fire sinks Japanese ghost ship
Ship set adrift by last year's tsunami sank about four hours after a Coast Guard cutter unleashed cannon fire at it
Coast Guard sinks "ghost ship"
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Radiation affecting Japan's famous delicacies
While people can visit Fukushima's no-go zone again, locally famous foods like shiitake mushrooms are inedible
Radiation threatening Japanese delicacies
The Japanese government is warning its citizens to avoid hundreds of locally-produced foods that exceed safe radiation limits, including some of the best known delicacies in the country. Lucy Craft reports.
Parts of 3 towns to reopen in Japan "no-go" zone
16,000 nuclear evacuees from Kawauchi, Tamura and Minamisoma to return home after Fukushima Dai-ichi plant meltdown forced evacuation
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