The hard exchange of words between the two left a bitter taste, despite Uribe's offer to consider changing the fumigation method from aerial to manual so as to minimize the contamination.

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Secretary Chu announced earlier today that the Department of Energy has offered and Japan has accepted an aerial measuring system capability, including detectors and analytical equipment used to provide assessments of contamination on the ground.

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