Oregon Coast. Photo source: ©© Pat Kight
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Scientists working together on Kelp Watch 2014 announced today that the West Coast shoreline shows no signs of ocean-borne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, following their analysis of the first collection of kelp samples along the western U.S. coastline…
Read Full Article, Science Daily
Fukushima radiation could reach Pacific coast by April, SF Gate
Fukushima radiation hit B.C. earlier than expected, CBC News
Radioactive cesium-137 released from Fukushima 1.5 times Tepco estimate: study, Japan Times
The total amount of radioactive cesium-137 released into the atmosphere and seawater from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is estimated at nearly 1.5 times more than the estimate by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. of less than 13,600 terabecquerels. The team announced its findings on cesium-137 during an academic session of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna on geoscience processes related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster…
